diff --git a/lib/core.js b/lib/core.js
index 1bcf33af9..366c1cbb5 100644
--- a/lib/core.js
+++ b/lib/core.js
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ export default class Archiver extends Transform {
     var globOptions = {
       stat: true,
       dot: true,
+      follow: this.options.followSymLinks,
     };
     function onGlobEnd() {
       this._pending--;
@@ -799,6 +800,7 @@ export default class Archiver extends Transform {
  * @global
  * @property {Number} [statConcurrency=4] Sets the number of workers used to
  * process the internal fs stat queue.
+ * @property {Boolean} [followSymLinks=false] Sets whether to follow symlinks.
  */
 
 /**