diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a42c4a..bd562c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ readdir('/').then((files) => {
     //     modeNum: 41453,
     //     modeStr: 'lrwxr-xr-x',
     //     isSymbolicLink: true,
+    //     symbolicLinkPath: 'private/var',
     //     owner: { read: true, write: true, execute: true },
     //     group: { read: true, write: false, execute: true },
     //     others: { read: true, write: false, execute: true },
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ getStat('/var').then((Stats) => {
   //     modeNum: 41453,
   //     modeStr: 'lrwxr-xr-x',
   //     isSymbolicLink: true,
+  //     symbolicLinkPath: 'private/var',
   //     owner: { read: true, write: true, execute: true },
   //     group: { read: true, write: false, execute: true },
   //     others: { read: true, write: false, execute: true },
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 49337a8..f10b44b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,10 +4,21 @@ const nicki = require('nicki');
 const Mode = require('stat-mode');
 const deepExtend = require('deep-extend');
 
+exports.readLink = (currentPath) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    fs.readlink(currentPath, (err, stat) => {
+      if (err) reject(err);
+      else {
+        resolve(stat);
+      }
+    })
+  });
+}
+
 exports.getStat = async (currentPath, names) => {
   if (!names) names = await this.uidToName();
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fs.lstat(currentPath, (err, stat) => {
+    fs.lstat(currentPath, async (err, stat) => {
       if (err) reject(err);
       else {
         const mode = new Mode(stat);
@@ -19,6 +30,10 @@ exports.getStat = async (currentPath, names) => {
           group: { ...mode.group },
           others: { ...mode.others },
         }
+        if (mode.isSymbolicLink()) {
+          const link = await this.readLink(currentPath);
+          if (link) stat.extend.symbolicLinkPath = link;
+        }
         if (names && names[stat.uid]) {
           stat.extend.uidToName = names[stat.uid];
         }