commit - 993e2a1b1ac61a9d56877df5325d519f7b737375
commit + e8863bdcc347433dd57e74d456115a6cb5d9953c
blob - dec92533e2bad4d1d830b4d80f307bdc5314cb8a
blob + 6234533b470b15cee07c5edc3c6b9beb606bcda1
--- lib/repository.c
+++ lib/repository.c
@@ -1454,7 +1454,12 @@ alloc_added_blob_tree_entry(struct got_tree_entry **ne
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	(*new_te)->mode = S_IFREG | (mode & ((S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)));
+	if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
+		(*new_te)->mode = S_IFLNK;
+	} else {
+		(*new_te)->mode = S_IFREG;
+		(*new_te)->mode |= (mode & (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO));
+	}
 	memcpy(&(*new_te)->id, blob_id, sizeof((*new_te)->id));
 done:
 	if (err && *new_te) {
@@ -1607,7 +1612,7 @@ write_tree(struct got_object_id **new_tree_id, const c
 				err = NULL;
 				continue;
 			}
-		} else if (type == DT_REG) {
+		} else if (type == DT_REG || type == DT_LNK) {
 			err = import_file(&new_te, de, path_dir, repo);
 			if (err)
 				goto done;
@@ -1628,7 +1633,7 @@ write_tree(struct got_object_id **new_tree_id, const c
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(pe, &paths, entry) {
 		struct got_tree_entry *te = pe->data;
 		char *path;
-		if (!S_ISREG(te->mode))
+		if (!S_ISREG(te->mode) && !S_ISLNK(te->mode))
 			continue;
 		if (asprintf(&path, "%s/%s", path_dir, pe->path) == -1) {
 			err = got_error_from_errno("asprintf");
blob - 5104375e287f0e845051a912863028d3e6a4d86c
blob + bc744fcb7fa87573ecc329d19d9b5140d79d7444
--- regress/cmdline/common.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/common.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ function get_blob_id
 	tree_path="$2"
 	filename="$3"
 
-	got tree -r $repo -i $tree_path | grep ${filename}$ | cut -d' ' -f 1
+	got tree -r $repo -i $tree_path | grep "[0-9a-f] ${filename}$" | \
+		cut -d' ' -f 1
 }
 
 function test_init
blob - a5da67ca967c91f73507031c7e592c80f772a371
blob + 82df005b32ffe2f974cea0f4b8d19ac3638ce010
--- regress/cmdline/import.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/import.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,58 @@ function test_import_empty_dir {
 	test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
 }
 
+function test_import_symlink {
+	local testname=import_symlink
+	local testroot=`mktemp -p /tmp -d got-test-$testname-XXXXXXXX`
+
+	got init $testroot/repo
+
+	mkdir $testroot/tree
+	echo 'this is file alpha' > $testroot/tree/alpha
+	ln -s alpha $testroot/tree/alpha.link
+
+	got import -m 'init' -r $testroot/repo $testroot/tree \
+		> $testroot/stdout
+	ret="$?"
+	if [ "$ret" != "0" ]; then
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	local head_commit=`git_show_head $testroot/repo`
+	echo "A  $testroot/tree/alpha" > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "A  $testroot/tree/alpha.link" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "Created branch refs/heads/main with commit $head_commit" \
+		>> $testroot/stdout.expected
+
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+	ret="$?"
+	if [ "$ret" != "0" ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+		test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	id_alpha=`get_blob_id $testroot/repo "" alpha`
+	id_alpha_link=$(got tree -r $testroot/repo -i | grep 'alpha.link@ -> alpha$' | cut -d' ' -f 1)
+	tree_id=`(cd $testroot/repo && got cat $head_commit | \
+		grep ^tree | cut -d ' ' -f 2)`
+
+	got tree -i -r $testroot/repo -c $head_commit > $testroot/stdout
+
+	echo "$id_alpha alpha" > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	echo "$id_alpha_link alpha.link@ -> alpha" >> $testroot/stdout.expected
+
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+	ret="$?"
+	if [ "$ret" != "0" ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+	fi
+	test_done "$testroot" "$ret"
+}
+
 run_test test_import_basic
 run_test test_import_requires_new_branch
 run_test test_import_ignores
 run_test test_import_empty_dir
+run_test test_import_symlink