diff --git a/src/filesystem.ts b/src/filesystem.ts
index c4d68d52..4869f443 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem.ts
@@ -190,9 +190,12 @@ export class Filesystem {
     return files;
   }
 
-  getNode(p: string) {
+  getNode(p: string, followLinks: boolean = true): FilesystemEntry {
     const node = this.searchNodeFromDirectory(path.dirname(p));
     const name = path.basename(p);
+    if ('link' in node && followLinks) {
+      return this.getNode(path.join(node.link, name));
+    }
     if (name) {
       return (node as FilesystemDirectoryEntry).files[name];
     } else {
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ export class Filesystem {
   }
 
   getFile(p: string, followLinks: boolean = true): FilesystemEntry {
-    const info = this.getNode(p);
+    const info = this.getNode(p, followLinks);
 
     if (!info) {
       throw new Error(`"${p}" was not found in this archive`);
diff --git a/test/api-spec.js b/test/api-spec.js
index 892e8142..d88a7bc7 100644
--- a/test/api-spec.js
+++ b/test/api-spec.js
@@ -168,4 +168,8 @@ describe('api', function () {
 
     assert.deepStrictEqual(topLevelFunctions, defaultExportFunctions);
   });
+  it('should stat a symlinked file', async () => {
+    const stats = asar.statFile('test/input/stat-symlink.asar', 'real.txt', true);
+    return assert.strictEqual(stats.link, undefined);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/input/stat-symlink.asar b/test/input/stat-symlink.asar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2269106f
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