diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d52542548..581fc60a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 17.13.1
+---------------
+    * Preserve symlinks when copying files
+
 Version 17.13.0
 ---------------
     * Add a `break` statement to the build language (#3320)
@@ -5,7 +9,6 @@ Version 17.13.0
       to output directories in remote execution (#3330)
     * Make output target display not have local targets hanging around so much (#3276)
 
-
 Version 17.12.7
 ---------------
     * Fix BuildTarget.ProvideFor not checking named data when deciding whether
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5cc477aa8..a2d5303b4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17.13.0
+17.13.1
diff --git a/src/fs/copy.go b/src/fs/copy.go
index 6d6812103..a3d8345d7 100644
--- a/src/fs/copy.go
+++ b/src/fs/copy.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func RecursiveCopyOrLinkFile(from string, to string, mode os.FileMode, link, fal
 				return os.MkdirAll(dest, DirPermissions)
 			}
 			if fileMode.IsSymlink() {
-				return recursiveCopyOrLinkSymlink(name, dest, mode, link, fallback)
+				return copySymlink(name, dest)
 			}
 			return CopyOrLinkFile(name, dest, fileMode.ModeType(), mode, link, fallback)
 		})
@@ -72,19 +72,13 @@ func RecursiveCopyOrLinkFile(from string, to string, mode os.FileMode, link, fal
 	return CopyOrLinkFile(from, to, info.Mode(), mode, link, fallback)
 }
 
-// recursiveCopyOrLinkSymlink will resolve the symlink, and recursively copy the content to the destination
-func recursiveCopyOrLinkSymlink(name, dest string, mode os.FileMode, link, fallback bool) error {
+// copySymlink will resolve the symlink and create an equivalent symlink at dest. Assumes the symlink is relative, not absolute.
+func copySymlink(name, dest string) error {
 	resolvedPath, err := os.Readlink(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if !filepath.IsAbs(resolvedPath) {
-		resolvedPath = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(name), resolvedPath)
-	}
-	if err := RecursiveCopyOrLinkFile(resolvedPath, dest, mode, link, fallback); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return os.Symlink(resolvedPath, dest)
 }
 
 type LinkFunc func(string, string) error