diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 048ba69274996..c83ed791840c1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public function mirror($originDir, $targetDir, \Traversable $iterator = null, $o
                 }
             } else {
                 if (is_link($file)) {
-                    $this->symlink($file->getRealPath(), $target);
+                    $this->symlink($file->getLinkTarget(), $target);
                 } elseif (is_dir($file)) {
                     $this->mkdir($target);
                 } elseif (is_file($file)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
index 47a7a1be3181f..82b2b994ae1d1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 class FilesystemTest extends FilesystemTestCase
 {
     /**
-     * @var \Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem $filesystem
+     * @var \Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem
      */
     private $filesystem = null;
 
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ public function testMirrorCopiesRelativeLinkedContents()
         $this->assertTrue(is_dir($targetPath));
         $this->assertFileEquals($sourcePath.'/nested/file1.txt', $targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1/file1.txt');
         $this->assertTrue(is_link($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
-        $this->assertEquals($sourcePath.'nested', readlink($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('nested', readlink($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
     }
 
     /**