diff --git a/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt b/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
index 666c6ab305..8601d66265 100644
--- a/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
+++ b/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun symlinkMetadata() {
+  fun absoluteSymlinkMetadata() {
     if (!supportsSymlink()) return
 
     val target = base / "symlink-target"
@@ -2191,6 +2191,22 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
     assertInRange(sourceMetadata.createdAt, minTime, maxTime)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun relativeSymlinkMetadata() {
+    if (!supportsSymlink()) return
+
+    val target = "symlink-target".toPath()
+    val source = base / "symlink-source"
+
+    val minTime = clock.now()
+    fileSystem.createSymlink(source, target)
+    val maxTime = clock.now()
+
+    val sourceMetadata = fileSystem.metadata(source)
+    assertEquals(target, sourceMetadata.symlinkTarget)
+    assertInRange(sourceMetadata.createdAt, minTime, maxTime)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun createSymlinkSourceAlreadyExists() {
     if (!supportsSymlink()) return
@@ -2231,6 +2247,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
   @Test
   fun openSymlinkSink() {
     if (!supportsSymlink()) return
+    if (isJimFileSystem()) return
 
     val target = base / "symlink-target"
     val source = base / "symlink-source"
@@ -2507,6 +2524,10 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
     return windowsLimitations && fileSystem::class.simpleName == "JvmSystemFileSystem"
   }
 
+  private fun isJimFileSystem(): Boolean {
+    return "JimfsFileSystem" in fileSystem.toString()
+  }
+
   private fun isNodeJsFileSystemOnWindows(): Boolean {
     return windowsLimitations && fileSystem::class.simpleName == "NodeJsFileSystem"
   }
diff --git a/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt b/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
index cab8ab51b2..8737f8c8ca 100644
--- a/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
+++ b/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ package okio
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem as NioFileSystem
-import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException
 import java.nio.file.Path as NioPath
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption
 import kotlin.io.path.createDirectory
+import kotlin.io.path.createSymbolicLinkPointingTo
+import kotlin.io.path.deleteExisting
 import kotlin.io.path.exists
 import kotlin.io.path.inputStream
-import kotlin.io.path.isSymbolicLink
 import kotlin.io.path.listDirectoryEntries
+import kotlin.io.path.moveTo
 import kotlin.io.path.outputStream
-import kotlin.io.path.readSymbolicLink
 import okio.Path.Companion.toOkioPath
 
 /**
@@ -38,24 +38,19 @@ import okio.Path.Companion.toOkioPath
  */
 internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFileSystem) : NioSystemFileSystem() {
   /**
-   * On a `java.nio.file.FileSystem`, `java.nio.file.Path` are stateful and hold a reference to the file system they
-   * got provided from. We need to [resolve][java.nio.file.Path.resolve] all okio paths before doing operations on the
-   * nio file system in order for things to work properly.
+   * On a [java.nio.file.FileSystem], paths are stateful and hold a reference to the file system they got provided from.
+   * Using [getPath][NioFileSystem.getPath], we ask [nioFileSystem] to wrap the [Path]'s value in order to set itself as
+   * its provider which is needed for operations on the nio file system to work properly.
    */
-  private fun Path.resolve(readSymlink: Boolean = false): NioPath {
-    val resolved = nioFileSystem.getPath(toString())
-    return if (readSymlink && resolved.isSymbolicLink()) {
-      resolved.readSymbolicLink()
-    } else {
-      resolved
-    }
+  private fun Path.resolve(): NioPath {
+    return nioFileSystem.getPath(toString())
   }
 
   override fun canonicalize(path: Path): Path {
     try {
-      return path.resolve(readSymlink = true).toRealPath().toOkioPath()
+      return path.resolve().toRealPath().toOkioPath()
     } catch (e: NoSuchFileException) {
-      throw FileNotFoundException("no such file: $this")
+      throw FileNotFoundException("no such file: $path")
     }
   }
 
@@ -115,7 +110,7 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFil
 
   override fun source(file: Path): Source {
     try {
-      return file.resolve(readSymlink = true).inputStream().source()
+      return file.resolve().inputStream().source()
     } catch (e: NoSuchFileException) {
       throw FileNotFoundException("no such file: $file")
     }
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFil
       if (mustCreate) add(StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW)
     }
     try {
-      return file.resolve(readSymlink = true)
+      return file.resolve()
         .outputStream(*openOptions.toTypedArray())
         .sink()
     } catch (e: NoSuchFileException) {
@@ -161,8 +156,7 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFil
   // Note that `java.nio.file.FileSystem` allows atomic moves of a file even if the target is an existing directory.
   override fun atomicMove(source: Path, target: Path) {
     try {
-      Files.move(
-        source.resolve(),
+      source.resolve().moveTo(
         target.resolve(),
         StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE,
         StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING,
@@ -181,7 +175,7 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFil
     }
     val nioPath = path.resolve()
     try {
-      Files.delete(nioPath)
+      nioPath.deleteExisting()
     } catch (e: NoSuchFileException) {
       if (mustExist) throw FileNotFoundException("no such file: $path")
     } catch (e: IOException) {
@@ -190,15 +184,8 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(private val nioFileSystem: NioFil
   }
 
   override fun createSymlink(source: Path, target: Path) {
-    val sourceNioPath = source.resolve()
-    val targetNioPath =
-      if (source.isAbsolute && target.isRelative) {
-        sourceNioPath.parent.resolve(target.toString())
-      } else {
-        target.resolve()
-      }
-    Files.createSymbolicLink(sourceNioPath, targetNioPath)
+    source.resolve().createSymbolicLinkPointingTo(target.resolve())
   }
 
-  override fun toString(): String = "NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem"
+  override fun toString() = nioFileSystem::class.simpleName!!
 }
diff --git a/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/FileHandleFileSystemTest.kt b/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/FileHandleFileSystemTest.kt
index a36ee0075f..021ffb4cbb 100644
--- a/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/FileHandleFileSystemTest.kt
+++ b/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/FileHandleFileSystemTest.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.common.jimfs.Configuration
 import com.google.common.jimfs.Jimfs
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 import kotlinx.datetime.Clock
+import okio.FileHandleFileSystemTest.FileHandleTestingFileSystem
 import okio.FileSystem.Companion.asOkioFileSystem
 
 /**
@@ -61,13 +62,15 @@ class FileHandleFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
 
 class FileHandleNioJimFileSystemWrapperFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
   clock = Clock.System,
-  fileSystem = Jimfs
-    .newFileSystem(
-      when (Path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "\\") {
-        true -> Configuration.windows()
-        false -> Configuration.unix()
-      },
-    ).asOkioFileSystem(),
+  fileSystem = FileHandleTestingFileSystem(
+    Jimfs
+      .newFileSystem(
+        when (Path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "\\") {
+          true -> Configuration.windows()
+          false -> Configuration.unix()
+        },
+      ).asOkioFileSystem(),
+  ),
   windowsLimitations = false,
   allowClobberingEmptyDirectories = true,
   allowAtomicMoveFromFileToDirectory = true,
@@ -76,7 +79,9 @@ class FileHandleNioJimFileSystemWrapperFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
 
 class FileHandleNioDefaultFileSystemWrapperFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
   clock = Clock.System,
-  fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault().asOkioFileSystem(),
+  fileSystem = FileHandleTestingFileSystem(
+    FileSystems.getDefault().asOkioFileSystem(),
+  ),
   windowsLimitations = false,
   allowClobberingEmptyDirectories = Path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "\\",
   allowAtomicMoveFromFileToDirectory = false,