diff --git a/commands/command_track.go b/commands/command_track.go
index 1e4ae447..58b6072e 100644
--- a/commands/command_track.go
+++ b/commands/command_track.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func trackCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	wd, _ := tools.Getwd()
+	wd = tools.ResolveSymlinks(wd)
 	relpath, err := filepath.Rel(config.LocalWorkingDir, wd)
 	if err != nil {
 		Exit("Current directory %q outside of git working directory %q.", wd, config.LocalWorkingDir)
diff --git a/test/test-track.sh b/test/test-track.sh
index 4dd2a24e..37270f9c 100755
--- a/test/test-track.sh
+++ b/test/test-track.sh
@@ -463,3 +463,28 @@ begin_test "track escaped pattern"
   assert_attributes_count "\\#" "filter=lfs" 1
 )
 end_test
+
+begin_test "track (symlinked repository)"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  reponame="tracked-symlinked-repository"
+  git init "$reponame"
+  cd "$reponame"
+
+  touch a.dat
+
+  pushd .. > /dev/null
+    dir="tracked-symlinked-repository-tmp"
+
+    mkdir -p "$dir"
+
+    ln -s "../$reponame" "./$dir"
+
+    cd "$dir/$reponame"
+
+    [ "Tracking \"a.dat\"" = "$(git lfs track "a.dat")" ]
+    [ "\"a.dat\" already supported" = "$(git lfs track "a.dat")" ]
+  popd > /dev/null
+)
+end_test