diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/patch.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/patch.go
index e46cb1bad5..3babc36b82 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/patch.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -204,7 +205,13 @@ func overwritePatch(specManager *spec.SpecManager, name, comp, packagePath strin
 	if utils.IsSymExist(symlink) {
 		os.Remove(symlink)
 	}
-	return os.Symlink(tg, symlink)
+
+	tgRelPath, err := filepath.Rel(filepath.Dir(symlink), tg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return os.Symlink(tgRelPath, symlink)
 }
 
 func instancesToPatch(topo spec.Topology, options operator.Options) ([]spec.Instance, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/ioutil.go b/pkg/utils/ioutil.go
index 42f4335daa..9cb3376b7f 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/ioutil.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/ioutil.go
@@ -101,11 +101,23 @@ func Tar(writer io.Writer, from string) error {
 	tarW := tar.NewWriter(compressW)
 	defer tarW.Close()
 
+	// NOTE: filepath.Walk does not follow the symbolic link.
 	return filepath.Walk(from, func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		header, _ := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, "")
+
+		fm := info.Mode()
+
+		link := ""
+		if fm&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			link, err = os.Readlink(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		header, _ := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, link)
 		header.Name, _ = filepath.Rel(from, path)
 		// skip "."
 		if header.Name == "." {
@@ -116,7 +128,7 @@ func Tar(writer io.Writer, from string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if !info.IsDir() {
+		if info.Mode().IsRegular() {
 			fd, err := os.Open(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err