diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/migrate/source.rs b/sqlx-core/src/migrate/source.rs
index 609f4fdeaa..10a18b365b 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/migrate/source.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/migrate/source.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ impl<'s> MigrationSource<'s> for &'s Path {
             let mut migrations = Vec::new();
 
             while let Some(entry) = s.next().await? {
-                if !entry.metadata.is_file() {
+                // std::fs::metadata traverses symlinks
+                if !std::fs::metadata(&entry.path)?.is_file() {
                     // not a file; ignore
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/migrate/macro.rs b/tests/migrate/macro.rs
index da7f901996..03cb578f7f 100644
--- a/tests/migrate/macro.rs
+++ b/tests/migrate/macro.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 static EMBEDDED_SIMPLE: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("tests/migrate/migrations_simple");
 static EMBEDDED_REVERSIBLE: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("tests/migrate/migrations_reversible");
+static EMBEDDED_SYMLINK: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("tests/migrate/migrations_symlink");
 
 #[sqlx_macros::test]
 async fn same_output() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let runtime_simple = Migrator::new(Path::new("tests/migrate/migrations_simple")).await?;
     let runtime_reversible =
         Migrator::new(Path::new("tests/migrate/migrations_reversible")).await?;
+    let runtime_symlink = Migrator::new(Path::new("tests/migrate/migrations_symlink")).await?;
 
     assert_same(&EMBEDDED_SIMPLE, &runtime_simple);
     assert_same(&EMBEDDED_REVERSIBLE, &runtime_reversible);
+    assert_same(&EMBEDDED_SYMLINK, &runtime_symlink);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/tests/migrate/migrations_symlink b/tests/migrate/migrations_symlink
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..433d94398c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/migrate/migrations_symlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+migrations_simple
\ No newline at end of file