diff --git a/test/api-spec.js b/test/api-spec.js
index 2239d1a..2cd574c 100644
--- a/test/api-spec.js
+++ b/test/api-spec.js
@@ -107,4 +107,8 @@ describe('api', function () {
     asar.extractAll('test/expected/packthis-object-prototype.asar', 'tmp/packthis-object-prototype/')
     return compDirs('test/input/packthis-object-prototype/', 'tmp/packthis-object-prototype')
   })
+  it('should stat a symlinked file', async () => {
+    const stats = asar.statFile('test/input/stat-symlink.asar', 'real.txt', true)
+    return assert.strictEqual(stats.size, 19)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/input/stat-symlink.asar b/test/input/stat-symlink.asar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2269106
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