diff --git a/src/testdir/test_delete.vim b/src/testdir/test_delete.vim
index 6e2b9c8..13c87a1 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_delete.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_delete.vim
@@ -34,3 +34,64 @@
   call assert_false(isdirectory('Xdir1'))
   call assert_equal(-1, delete('Xdir1', 'd'))
 endfunc
+
+func Test_symlink_delete()
+  if !has('unix')
+    return
+  endif
+  split Xfile
+  call setline(1, ['a', 'b'])
+  wq
+  silent !ln -s Xfile Xlink
+  " Delete the link, not the file
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xlink'))
+  call assert_equal(-1, delete('Xlink'))
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xfile'))
+endfunc
+
+func Test_symlink_dir_delete()
+  if !has('unix')
+    return
+  endif
+  call mkdir('Xdir1')
+  silent !ln -s Xdir1 Xlink
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir1'))
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xlink'))
+  " Delete the link, not the directory
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xlink'))
+  call assert_equal(-1, delete('Xlink'))
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xdir1', 'd'))
+endfunc
+
+func Test_symlink_recursive_delete()
+  if !has('unix')
+    return
+  endif
+  call mkdir('Xdir3')
+  call mkdir('Xdir3/subdir')
+  call mkdir('Xdir4')
+  split Xdir3/Xfile
+  call setline(1, ['a', 'b'])
+  w
+  w Xdir3/subdir/Xfile
+  w Xdir4/Xfile
+  close
+  silent !ln -s ../Xdir4 Xdir3/Xlink
+
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir3'))
+  call assert_equal(['a', 'b'], readfile('Xdir3/Xfile'))
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir3/subdir'))
+  call assert_equal(['a', 'b'], readfile('Xdir3/subdir/Xfile'))
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir4'))
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir3/Xlink'))
+  call assert_equal(['a', 'b'], readfile('Xdir4/Xfile'))
+
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xdir3', 'rf'))
+  call assert_false(isdirectory('Xdir3'))
+  call assert_equal(-1, delete('Xdir3', 'd'))
+  " symlink is deleted, not the directory it points to
+  call assert_true(isdirectory('Xdir4'))
+  call assert_equal(['a', 'b'], readfile('Xdir4/Xfile'))
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xdir4/Xfile'))
+  call assert_equal(0, delete('Xdir4', 'd'))
+endfunc