diff --git a/archive.go b/archive.go
index e2f1d42..c8ac1b1 100644
--- a/archive.go
+++ b/archive.go
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@ func matchExcludes(path string, excludes []string) bool {
 }
 
 func addToZip(z *zip.Writer, path, relpath string, info os.FileInfo) error {
+	// treat symlink as file
+	if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+		link, err := os.Readlink(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[error] failed to read symlink %s: %s", path, err)
+			return err
+		}
+		linkTarget := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), link)
+		log.Printf("[debug] resolve symlink %s to %s", path, linkTarget)
+		info, err = os.Stat(linkTarget)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[error] failed to stat symlink target %s: %s", linkTarget, err)
+			return err
+		}
+		path = linkTarget
+	}
 	header, err := zip.FileInfoHeader(info)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("[error] failed to create zip file header", err)
diff --git a/archive_test.go b/archive_test.go
index c6dfebd..4eda59d 100644
--- a/archive_test.go
+++ b/archive_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func testCreateZipArchive(t *testing.T, s zipTestSuite) {
 	excludes = append(excludes, []string{"*.bin", "skip/*"}...)
 	r, info, err := lambroll.CreateZipArchive(s.SrcDir, excludes)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Error("faile to CreateZipArchive", err)
+		t.Error("failed to CreateZipArchive", err)
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
 	defer os.Remove(r.Name())
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ func testCreateZipArchive(t *testing.T, s zipTestSuite) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error("failed to new zip reader", err)
 	}
-	if len(zr.File) != 4 {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected included files num %d expect %d", len(zr.File), 3)
+	if len(zr.File) != 6 {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected included files num %d expect %d", len(zr.File), 6)
 	}
 	for _, f := range zr.File {
 		h := f.FileHeader
diff --git a/test/ext/ext-hello.txt b/test/ext/ext-hello.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dc6f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ext/ext-hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ext-hello
diff --git a/test/src/ext-hello.txt b/test/src/ext-hello.txt
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e7219a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/ext-hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../ext/ext-hello.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/hello.symlink b/test/src/hello.symlink
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a5162f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/hello.symlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello.txt
\ No newline at end of file