diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip/fix-symlink.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip/fix-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0121ad83ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip/fix-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/process.c.sav	2013-06-09 12:08:57.070392264 +0200
++++ b/process.c	2013-06-09 12:10:08.641696988 +0200
+@@ -1751,6 +1751,12 @@
+         = (G.crec.general_purpose_bit_flag & (1 << 11)) == (1 << 11);
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef SYMLINKS
++    /* Initialize the symlink flag, may be set by the platform-specific
++       mapattr function.  */
++    G.pInfo->symlink = 0;
++#endif 
++
+     return PK_COOL;
+ 
+ } /* end function process_cdir_file_hdr() */
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip_6.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip_6.0.bb
index 105d048f55b..f47f03665a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip_6.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/unzip/unzip_6.0.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/infozip/UnZip%206.x%20%28latest%29/UnZip%206.0/
 	file://fix-security-format.patch \
 	file://18-cve-2014-9913-unzip-buffer-overflow.patch \
 	file://19-cve-2016-9844-zipinfo-buffer-overflow.patch \
+	file://fix-symlink.patch \
 "
 UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"