diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
index 286657b630560d..bc68d184dab915 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/config/CoreOptions.java
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ public FragmentOptions getHost() {
     host.archivedArtifactsMnemonicsFilter = archivedArtifactsMnemonicsFilter;
 
     host.enableAspectHints = enableAspectHints;
+    host.allowUnresolvedSymlinks = allowUnresolvedSymlinks;
 
     return host;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_symlink_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_symlink_test.sh
index 5e0772c247781d..cee345e22db55a 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_symlink_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_symlink_test.sh
@@ -584,4 +584,21 @@ EOF
   expect_log "cycle in dependency graph"
 }
 
+function test_unresolved_symlink_in_exec_cfg() {
+  mkdir -p a
+  cat > a/BUILD <<'EOF'
+load("//symlink:symlink.bzl", "dangling_symlink")
+dangling_symlink(name="a", link_target="non/existent")
+genrule(
+    name = "exec",
+    srcs = [],
+    outs = ["out"],
+    cmd = "touch $@",
+    exec_tools = [":a"],
+)
+EOF
+
+  bazel --windows_enable_symlinks build --experimental_allow_unresolved_symlinks //a:exec || fail "build failed"
+}
+
 run_suite "Tests for symlink artifacts"