diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e1b2c78..36d1e71 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@ module.exports = (filename, options) => {
 			firstFile = file;
 		}
 
-		archive.append(file.contents, {
-			name: file.relative.replace(/\\/g, '/') + (file.isNull() ? '/' : ''),
-			mode: file.stat && file.stat.mode,
-			date: file.stat && file.stat.mtime ? file.stat.mtime : null,
-			...options
-		});
+		const nameNormalized = file.relative.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+		if (file.isSymbolic()) {
+			archive.symlink(nameNormalized, file.symlink);
+		} else {
+			archive.append(file.contents, {
+				name: nameNormalized + (file.isNull() ? '/' : ''),
+				mode: file.stat && file.stat.mode,
+				date: file.stat && file.stat.mtime ? file.stat.mtime : null,
+				...options
+			});
+		}
 
 		callback();
 	}, function (callback) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b4dffc..478ba5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"gulp": "^4.0.2",
 		"gulp-gzip": "^1.2.0",
+		"vinyl-fs": "^3.0.3",
 		"mocha": "^6.2.0",
 		"nyc": "^14.1.1",
 		"rimraf": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/fixture/.symlink/symlink.txt b/test/fixture/.symlink/symlink.txt
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..98771c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixture/.symlink/symlink.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fixture.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/symlink.js b/test/symlink.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd4abc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/symlink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+const {createReadStream} = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const gulp = require('gulp');
+const gulpZip = require('gulp-gzip');
+const tarfs = require('tar-fs');
+const rimraf = require('rimraf');
+const vinylFs = require('vinyl-fs');
+const gulpTar = require('..');
+
+it('should include symlink', done => {
+	const onTargz = () => {
+		const filename = 'archive.tar.gz';
+		const fullPath = path.join(__dirname, 'dest', filename);
+		const rs = createReadStream(fullPath);
+
+		rs.pipe(zlib.createGunzip())
+			.pipe(
+				tarfs.extract(path.join(__dirname, 'dest-out'), {
+					map: header => {
+						const expected = expectedNames.pop();
+						assert.strictEqual(header.name, expected.name);
+						assert.strictEqual(header.type, expected.type);
+						if (header.type === 'symlink') {
+							assert.strictEqual(header.linkname, expected.linkname);
+						}
+
+						return header;
+					}
+				})
+			)
+			.on('finish', () => {
+				for (const directory of ['dest', 'dest-out']) {
+					rimraf.sync(path.join(__dirname, directory));
+				}
+
+				done();
+			});
+	};
+
+	const expectedNames = [
+		{name: 'fixture/.symlink/symlink.txt', type: 'symlink', linkname: '../fixture.txt'},
+		{name: 'fixture/dir-fixture/inside.txt', type: 'file'},
+		{name: 'fixture/fixture.txt', type: 'file'},
+		{name: 'fixture/dir-fixture/', type: 'directory'}
+	];
+
+	vinylFs
+		.src(['fixture/**/*', 'fixture/.symlink/**/*'], {
+			cwd: __dirname,
+			base: __dirname,
+			resolveSymlinks: false
+		})
+		.pipe(gulpTar('archive.tar'))
+		.pipe(gulpZip())
+		.pipe(gulp.dest('dest', {cwd: __dirname}))
+		.on('finish', onTargz);
+});