diff --git a/lib/Simba/DA.pm b/lib/Simba/DA.pm
index d16a087..b255dc7 100644
--- a/lib/Simba/DA.pm
+++ b/lib/Simba/DA.pm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ sub list {
                         $fn = quote($fn);
                         $fh_out->print($fn);
 
-                        $fh_out->print(metastr($fn, $st));
+                        $fh_out->print($self->metastr($fn, $st));
 
                         $fh_out->print("\n");
                     },
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ sub get {
             $fh_out->printflush("fail $path ($!)\n");
             return;
         }
-        $fh_out->print("data $path ", metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
+        $fh_out->print("data $path ", $self->metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
         my $size = $st->size;
         my $err;
         my $sha1 = Digest::SHA1->new;
@@ -208,20 +208,20 @@ sub get {
     } elsif (typestr($st->mode) eq 'l') {
         my $target = readlink($fn);
         if (length($target) == $st->size) {
-            $fh_out->print("data $path ", metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
+            $fh_out->print("data $path ", $self->metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
             $fh_out->print("$target\n");
             $fh_out->print("chk sha1 ", sha1_hex($target), "\n");
         } else {
             $fh_out->print("fail ($!)\n");
         }
     } else {
-        $fh_out->print("nodata $path ", metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
+        $fh_out->print("nodata $path ", $self->metastr($fn, $st), "\n");
     }
 
 }
 
 sub metastr {
-    my ($fn, $st) = @_;
+    my ($self, $fn, $st) = @_;
     $st = lstat($fn) unless defined($st);
 
     my $s = "";
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ sub metastr {
     $s .= " " . 'sticky=1' if $mode & 01000;
     $s .= " " . 'rdev=' . $st->rdev if ($mode & 0120000) == 0020000;
 
+    if (typestr($mode) eq 'l') {
+        $s .= " " . 'lt=' . quote(decode($self->{charset}, readlink($fn)));
+    }
+
     return $s;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/00_da.t b/t/00_da.t
index 98a0a0e..b09e9d1 100644
--- a/t/00_da.t
+++ b/t/00_da.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
-use Test::More 'no_plan';
+use Test::More tests => 21;
 
 BEGIN { use_ok( 'Simba::DA' ); }
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ok($list);
 cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{^\. .* t=d }m, 'root is a directory');
 cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{^\./test.txt .* t=f s=14 }m, 'text file found');
 cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{^\./test.bin .* t=f s=1024 }m, 'binary file found');
+cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{^\./test.link .* t=l .* lt=test.bin( |$)}m, 'symlink found');
 
 my $result;
 open($fh, '>', \$result);