diff --git a/test/dest-symlinks.js b/test/dest-symlinks.js
index 9b4a4fbf..da9cec17 100644
--- a/test/dest-symlinks.js
+++ b/test/dest-symlinks.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ var miss = require('mississippi');
 
 var vfs = require('../');
 
+var LINK_MODE = require('../lib/constants').LINK_MODE;
+
 var cleanup = require('./utils/cleanup');
 var isWindows = require('./utils/is-windows');
 var always = require('./utils/always');
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ describe('.dest() with symlinks', function() {
     function assert(files) {
       expect(files.length).toEqual(1);
       expect(files[0].isSymbolic()).toEqual(true);
+      // We can't trust isSymbolic() because stat.isSymbolicLink() was mocked
+      expect(files[0].stat.mode).toEqual(LINK_MODE);
     }
 
     pipe([