diff --git a/src/IncludeInterceptor.php b/src/IncludeInterceptor.php
index cf3b6bd..081f705 100644
--- a/src/IncludeInterceptor.php
+++ b/src/IncludeInterceptor.php
@@ -377,12 +377,20 @@ public function unlink($path)
         return $return;
     }
 
-    public function url_stat($path)
+    public function url_stat($path, $flags)
     {
         self::disable();
 
         try {
-            return is_readable($path) ? stat($path) : false;
+            if (is_readable($path) === false) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if ($flags & STREAM_URL_STAT_LINK) {
+                return lstat($path);
+            }
+
+            return stat($path);
         } finally {
             self::enable();
         }
diff --git a/tests/IncludeInterceptorTest.php b/tests/IncludeInterceptorTest.php
index 04a64cc..7b8900d 100644
--- a/tests/IncludeInterceptorTest.php
+++ b/tests/IncludeInterceptorTest.php
@@ -418,4 +418,19 @@ public function test_it_re_enables_interceptor_after_file_not_found_with_url_sta
 
         $this->fail('Badly set up test, exception was not thrown');
     }
+
+    public function test_it_respects_symlinks_in_url_stat(): void
+    {
+        $expected = include self::$files[2];
+
+        IncludeInterceptor::intercept(self::$files[1], self::$files[2]);
+        IncludeInterceptor::enable();
+
+        $symlink = sys_get_temp_dir() . '/symlink-intercept';
+        self::$files[] = $symlink;
+
+        symlink(self::$files[2], $symlink);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_link($symlink));
+    }
 }