diff --git a/boot/pod/src/boot/tmpdir.clj b/boot/pod/src/boot/tmpdir.clj
index 9dbc2f64..babc2569 100644
--- a/boot/pod/src/boot/tmpdir.clj
+++ b/boot/pod/src/boot/tmpdir.clj
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   (:import
     [java.io File]
     [java.util Properties]
-    [java.nio.file Path Files SimpleFileVisitor]))
+    [java.nio.file Path Files SimpleFileVisitor]
+    [java.nio.file.attribute BasicFileAttributes]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
@@ -91,16 +92,17 @@
   [^Path root ^File blob tree link]
   (let [m {:dir (.toFile root) :bdir blob}]
     (proxy [SimpleFileVisitor] []
-      (visitFile [^Path path attr]
+      (visitFile [^Path path ^BasicFileAttributes attr]
         (with-let [_ fs/continue]
           (let [p (str (.relativize root path))]
-            (try (let [h (digest/md5 (.toFile path))
-                       t (.toMillis (Files/getLastModifiedTime path fs/link-opts))
-                       i (str h "." t)]
+            (when-not (.isSymbolicLink attr)
+              (try (let [h (digest/md5 (.toFile path))
+                         t (.toMillis (Files/getLastModifiedTime path fs/link-opts))
+                         i (str h "." t)]
                    (add-blob! blob path i link)
                    (swap! tree assoc p (map->TmpFile (assoc m :path p :id i :hash h :time t))))
                  (catch java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException _
-                   (util/dbug* "Tmpdir: file not found: %s\n" (.toString p)))))))
+                   (util/dbug* "Tmpdir: file not found: %s\n" (.toString p))))))))
       (visitFileFailed [^Path path ^java.io.IOException e]
         (with-let [_ fs/skip-subtree]
           (util/dbug* "Tmpdir: failed to visit: %s\n" (str (.relativize root path))))))))