diff --git a/Sources/Basics/Archiver/ZipArchiver.swift b/Sources/Basics/Archiver/ZipArchiver.swift
index ed82f14ae10..f43aa7274be 100644
--- a/Sources/Basics/Archiver/ZipArchiver.swift
+++ b/Sources/Basics/Archiver/ZipArchiver.swift
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public struct ZipArchiver: Archiver, Cancellable {
             arguments: [
                 "/bin/sh",
                 "-c",
-                "cd \(directory.parentDirectory.underlying.pathString) && zip -r \(destinationPath.pathString) \(directory.basename)",
+                "cd \(directory.parentDirectory.underlying.pathString) && zip -ry \(destinationPath.pathString) \(directory.basename)",
             ]
         )
         #endif
diff --git a/Tests/BasicsTests/Archiver/ZipArchiverTests.swift b/Tests/BasicsTests/Archiver/ZipArchiverTests.swift
index c8a5e113f0b..340935dbade 100644
--- a/Tests/BasicsTests/Archiver/ZipArchiverTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/BasicsTests/Archiver/ZipArchiverTests.swift
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ final class ZipArchiverTests: XCTestCase {
              try localFileSystem.createDirectory(dir2)
              try localFileSystem.writeFileContents(dir2.appending("file3.txt"), string: "Hello World 3!")
              try localFileSystem.writeFileContents(dir2.appending("file4.txt"), string: "Hello World 4!")
+             try localFileSystem.createSymbolicLink(dir2.appending("file5.txt"), pointingAt: dir1.appending("file2.txt"), relative: true)
 
              let archivePath = tmpdir.appending(component: UUID().uuidString + ".zip")
              try await archiver.compress(directory: rootDir, to: archivePath)
@@ -154,6 +155,12 @@ final class ZipArchiverTests: XCTestCase {
                  try? localFileSystem.readFileContents(extractedDir2.appending("file4.txt")),
                  "Hello World 4!"
              )
+            
+             XCTAssertTrue(localFileSystem.isSymlink(extractedDir2.appending("file5.txt")))
+             XCTAssertEqual(
+                 try? localFileSystem.readFileContents(extractedDir2.appending("file5.txt")),
+                 try? localFileSystem.readFileContents(extractedDir1.appending("file2.txt"))
+             )
          }
      }
-}
+}
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