diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
index d967b247..2ae8758c 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path),
                         'Directory does not exist: %s' % path)
 
+    def _create_symlink(self, path, *name):
+        os.symlink(path, os.path.join(self.root_dir, *name))
+
     def test_copy_file_same_path(self):
         self._create_file('a.txt')
         utils.copy(os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'a.txt'),
@@ -517,6 +520,20 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         self._exist_dir('b0', 'b1', 'b2', 'b3', 'b')
         self._exist_file('b0', 'b1', 'b2', 'b3', 'b', 'a.txt')
 
+    def test_copy_symlink(self):
+        self._create_dir('f')
+        self._create_dir('q')
+        self._create_dir('q', 'r')
+        self._create_file('q', 'r', 'f.txt')
+        sympathy = os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'q')
+        self._create_symlink(sympathy, 'f', 'q')
+        utils.copy(os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'f'),
+                   os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'm'))
+        self._exist_dir('m')
+        self._exist_dir('m', 'q')
+        self._exist_dir('m', 'q', 'r')
+        self._exist_file('m', 'q', 'r', 'f.txt')
+
 
 class TestDateFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
     '''Tests that the output of DateFormatter jinja filter is same as
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index d2e896c6..08767017 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def copy(source, destination, ignores=None):
                            source_, destination_)
             return
 
-        for src_dir, subdirs, others in os.walk(source_):
+        for src_dir, subdirs, others in os.walk(source_, followlinks=True):
             dst_dir = os.path.join(destination_,
                                    os.path.relpath(src_dir, source_))