1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index c9b72ae98..2e9a53393 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1076,13 +1076,22 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *linkpath)
         DWORD flag = SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE;
         struct stat st;
         DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(BOOL, CreateSymbolicLinkA, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD);
+        char *relative = NULL;
 
         if (!INIT_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, CreateSymbolicLinkA)) {
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        if (stat(target, &st) != -1 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+        if (!is_absolute_path(target) && has_path(linkpath)) {
+                /* make target's path relative to current directory */
+                const char *name = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(linkpath);
+                relative = xasprintf("%.*s%s",
+                                                (int)(name - linkpath), linkpath, target);
+        }
+
+        if (stat(relative ?: target, &st) != -1 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                 flag |= SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_DIRECTORY;
+        free(relative);
 
  retry:
         if (!CreateSymbolicLinkA(linkpath, target, flag)) {