diff --git a/pkg/fs/file.go b/pkg/fs/file.go
index 09eb9ed..464a2a4 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/file.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/file.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ type File struct {
 	getFileBuffer    func() (cache.WriteCache, func() error, error)
 
 	name string
-	info os.FileInfo
+	info *FileInfo
 
 	ioLock *sync.Mutex
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func NewFile(
 	ioLock *sync.Mutex,
 
 	name string,
-	info os.FileInfo,
+	info *FileInfo,
 
 	onHeader func(hdr *config.Header),
 	log logging.StructuredLogger,
@@ -394,6 +395,14 @@ func (f *File) Stat() (os.FileInfo, error) {
 	f.ioLock.Lock()
 	defer f.ioLock.Unlock()
 
+	if f.link != "" {
+		info := f.info
+
+		info.name = path.Base(f.link)
+
+		return info, nil
+	}
+
 	return f.info, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/fs/file_test.go b/pkg/fs/file_test.go
index c01e290..531d0ca 100644
--- a/pkg/fs/file_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fs/file_test.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 	name      string
 	open      string
 	wantErr   bool
-	prepare   func(afero.Fs) error
+	prepare   func(symFs) error
 	check     func(os.FileInfo) error
 	withCache bool
 	withOsFs  bool
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		"Can stat /",
 		"/",
 		false,
-		func(f afero.Fs) error { return nil },
+		func(f symFs) error { return nil },
 		func(f os.FileInfo) error {
 			dir, _ := path.Split(f.Name())
 			if !(dir == "/" || dir == "") {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		"Can stat /test.txt",
 		"/test.txt",
 		false,
-		func(f afero.Fs) error {
+		func(f symFs) error {
 			if _, err := f.Create("/test.txt"); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		"Can stat system-specific properties of /test.txt",
 		"/test.txt",
 		false,
-		func(f afero.Fs) error {
+		func(f symFs) error {
 			if _, err := f.Create("/test.txt"); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		"Can stat /mydir/test.txt",
 		"/mydir/test.txt",
 		false,
-		func(f afero.Fs) error {
+		func(f symFs) error {
 			if err := f.Mkdir("/mydir", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		"Can stat system-specific properties of /mydir/test.txt",
 		"/mydir/test.txt",
 		false,
-		func(f afero.Fs) error {
+		func(f symFs) error {
 			if err := f.Mkdir("/mydir", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -474,6 +474,114 @@ var fileStatTests = []struct {
 		true,
 		false, // HACK: OsFs uses umask, which yields unexpected permission bits (see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/38282)
 	},
+	{
+		"Can stat symlink to /test.txt",
+		"/existingsymlink",
+		false,
+		func(f symFs) error {
+			if _, err := f.Create("/test.txt"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if err := f.SymlinkIfPossible("/test.txt", "/existingsymlink"); err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(f os.FileInfo) error {
+			wantName := "existingsymlink"
+			gotName := f.Name()
+
+			if wantName != gotName {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid name, got %v, want %v", gotName, wantName)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		true,
+		true,
+	},
+	{
+		"Can stat symlink to /mydir",
+		"/existingsymlink",
+		false,
+		func(f symFs) error {
+			if err := f.Mkdir("/mydir", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if err := f.SymlinkIfPossible("/mydir", "/existingsymlink"); err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(f os.FileInfo) error {
+			wantName := "existingsymlink"
+			gotName := f.Name()
+
+			if wantName != gotName {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid name, got %v, want %v", gotName, wantName)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		true,
+		true,
+	},
+	{
+		"Can stat symlink to /mydir/nesteddir",
+		"/existingsymlink",
+		false,
+		func(f symFs) error {
+			if err := f.MkdirAll("/mydir/nesteddir", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if err := f.SymlinkIfPossible("/mydir/nesteddir", "/existingsymlink"); err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(f os.FileInfo) error {
+			wantName := "existingsymlink"
+			gotName := f.Name()
+
+			if wantName != gotName {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid name, got %v, want %v", gotName, wantName)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		true,
+		true,
+	},
+	{
+		"Can stat symlink to symlink to root",
+		"/existingsymlink",
+		false,
+		func(f symFs) error {
+			if err := f.SymlinkIfPossible("/", "/existingsymlink"); err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(f os.FileInfo) error {
+			wantName := "existingsymlink"
+			gotName := f.Name()
+
+			if wantName != gotName {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid name, got %v, want %v", gotName, wantName)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+		true,
+		true,
+	},
 }
 
 func TestFile_Stat(t *testing.T) {