diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91671227..dee1566e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 .node-version
 npm-debug.log
 .idea
+.vscode
diff --git a/lib/filesystem.js b/lib/filesystem.js
index f61c0410..27b00a1b 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem.js
+++ b/lib/filesystem.js
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ class Filesystem {
   }
 
   insertLink (p) {
-    const link = path.relative(fs.realpathSync(this.src), fs.realpathSync(p))
+    const symlink = fs.readlinkSync(p)
+    const parentPath = path.dirname(p)
+    const link = path.relative(fs.realpathSync(this.src), path.join(parentPath, symlink))
     if (link.substr(0, 2) === '..') {
       throw new Error(`${p}: file "${link}" links out of the package`)
     }