diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_stage.ts b/test/fixtures/test_stage.ts
index 7c6eb8a..b6dbd37 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test_stage.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/test_stage.ts
@@ -43,10 +43,18 @@ export class TestStage extends Stage {
     fs.mkdirSync(this.resolve(relativePath), { recursive: true });
   }
 
+  public rename(relativeOldPath: string, relativeNewPath: string) {
+    fs.renameSync(this.resolve(relativeOldPath), this.resolve(relativeNewPath));
+  }
+
   public rm(relativePath: string) {
     fs.rmSync(this.resolve(relativePath), { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 
+  public symlink(relativeTarget: string, relativePath: string) {
+    fs.symlinkSync(this.resolve(relativeTarget), this.resolve(relativePath));
+  }
+
   public async execStaged(tasks: ExecStagedUserConfig): Promise<boolean> {
     return await execStaged(this.cwd, tasks, TEST_STAGE_OPTIONS);
   }
diff --git a/test/integrations/symlinks.ts b/test/integrations/symlinks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a77128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integrations/symlinks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { TASK_EXIT_0, TASK_EXIT_1 } from '../fixtures/tasks';
+import { TestStage } from '../fixtures/test_stage';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import child_process from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+
+const BIN = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../dist/bin/cli.js');
+
+describe('symlinks', () => {
+  it('runs with symlinked config file', async () => {
+    const stage = TestStage.create();
+    stage.writeFile(
+      'symlinked.config.ts',
+      `export default ['${TASK_EXIT_1}'];`,
+    );
+    stage.symlink('symlinked.config.ts', 'exec-staged.config.ts');
+
+    const child = child_process.spawn('node', [BIN], {
+      cwd: stage.cwd,
+    });
+
+    const closed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      child.once('close', () => resolve());
+    });
+
+    await closed;
+
+    assert.equal(child.exitCode, 1);
+  });
+
+  it('runs with symlinked git directory', async () => {
+    const stage = TestStage.create();
+    stage.rename('.git', '.git-symlinked');
+    stage.symlink('.git-symlinked', '.git');
+
+    assert.equal(await stage.execStaged([TASK_EXIT_0]), true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/stage.ts b/test/stage.ts
index ee4cd84..dbfc49e 100644
--- a/test/stage.ts
+++ b/test/stage.ts
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
       stage.writeFile('test.old', 'contents');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old']);
       stage.git(['commit', '-m', 'add file']);
-      stage.rm('test.old');
-      stage.writeFile('test.new', 'contents');
+      stage.rename('test.old', 'test.new');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old', 'test.new']);
 
       stage.prepare();
@@ -246,8 +245,7 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
       stage.writeFile('test.old', 'contents');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old']);
       stage.git(['commit', '-m', 'add file']);
-      stage.rm('test.old');
-      stage.writeFile('test.new', 'contents');
+      stage.rename('test.old', 'test.new');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old', 'test.new']);
 
       assert.equal(
@@ -378,8 +376,7 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
       stage.writeFile('test.old', 'contents');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old']);
       stage.git(['commit', '-m', 'add file']);
-      stage.rm('test.old');
-      stage.writeFile('test.new', 'contents');
+      stage.rename('test.old', 'test.new');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old', 'test.new']);
 
       stage.prepare();
@@ -641,8 +638,7 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
       stage.writeFile('test.old', 'contents');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old']);
       stage.git(['commit', '-m', 'add file']);
-      stage.rm('test.old');
-      stage.writeFile('test.new', 'contents');
+      stage.rename('test.old', 'test.new');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old', 'test.new']);
 
       const oldStatus = stage.git(['status', '-z']);
@@ -914,8 +910,7 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
       stage.writeFile('test.old', 'contents');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old']);
       stage.git(['commit', '-m', 'add file']);
-      stage.rm('test.old');
-      stage.writeFile('test.new', 'contents');
+      stage.rename('test.old', 'test.new');
       stage.git(['add', 'test.old', 'test.new']);
 
       const oldStatus = stage.git(['status', '-z']);