diff --git a/src/linker.rs b/src/linker.rs
index 18bb6c0..661d526 100644
--- a/src/linker.rs
+++ b/src/linker.rs
@@ -138,9 +138,11 @@ fn path_to_lowercase(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 fn create_symlink_for_file(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let absolute_path = fs::canonicalize(src)?;
+
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-        unix::fs::symlink(src, dst)
+        unix::fs::symlink(absolute_path, dst)
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]