diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/AbstractActionInputPrefetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/AbstractActionInputPrefetcher.java
index a037811a8e70e2..a87e170ecf8b2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/AbstractActionInputPrefetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/AbstractActionInputPrefetcher.java
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ private Completable downloadFileNoCheckRx(
       Priority priority) {
     if (path.isSymbolicLink()) {
       try {
-        path = path.getRelative(path.readSymbolicLink());
+        path = path.resolveSymbolicLinks();
       } catch (IOException e) {
         return Completable.error(e);
       }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/BuildWithoutTheBytesIntegrationTestBase.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/BuildWithoutTheBytesIntegrationTestBase.java
index 02529d8c9de2dc..b487d214e108b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/BuildWithoutTheBytesIntegrationTestBase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/BuildWithoutTheBytesIntegrationTestBase.java
@@ -885,6 +885,36 @@ public void remoteCacheEvictBlobs_whenPrefetchingInputTree_incrementalBuildCanCo
         /* isLocal= */ true);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void nonDeclaredSymlinksFromLocalActions() throws Exception {
+    write(
+        "BUILD",
+        "genrule(",
+        "  name = 'foo',",
+        "  srcs = [],",
+        "  outs = ['foo.txt'],",
+        "  cmd = 'echo foo > $@',",
+        ")",
+        "genrule(",
+        "  name = 'foo-link',",
+        "  srcs = [':foo'],",
+        "  outs = ['foo.link'],",
+        "  cmd = 'ln -s foo.txt $@',",
+        "  local = True,",
+        ")",
+        "genrule(",
+        "  name = 'foobar',",
+        "  srcs = [':foo-link'],",
+        "  outs = ['foobar.txt'],",
+        "  cmd = 'cat $(location :foo-link) > $@ && echo bar >> $@',",
+        "  local = True,",
+        ")");
+
+    buildTarget("//:foobar");
+
+    assertValidOutputFile("foobar.txt", "foo\nbar\n");
+  }
+
   protected void assertOutputsDoNotExist(String target) throws Exception {
     for (Artifact output : getArtifacts(target)) {
       assertWithMessage(