diff --git a/src/replacer.rs b/src/replacer.rs
index 3e30bd9..fa3f6c2 100644
--- a/src/replacer.rs
+++ b/src/replacer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{utils, Error, Result};
 use regex::bytes::Regex;
-use std::{fs::File, io::prelude::*, path::Path};
+use std::{fs, fs::File, io::prelude::*, path::Path};
 
 pub(crate) struct Replacer {
     regex: Regex,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl Replacer {
         }
 
         let source = File::open(path)?;
-        let meta = source.metadata()?;
+        let meta = fs::metadata(path)?;
         let mmap_source = unsafe { Mmap::map(&source)? };
         let replaced = self.replace(&mmap_source);
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ impl Replacer {
         drop(mmap_source);
         drop(source);
 
-        target.persist(path)?;
+        target.persist(fs::canonicalize(path)?)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cli.rs b/tests/cli.rs
index 7e34861..fb50e7b 100644
--- a/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/tests/cli.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ mod cli {
         assert_eq!(content, std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap());
     }
 
+    fn create_soft_link<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(
+        src: &P,
+        dst: &P,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(src, dst)?;
+        #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+        std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file(src, dst)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn in_place() -> Result<()> {
         let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;
@@ -41,6 +53,26 @@ mod cli {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn in_place_following_symlink() -> Result<()> {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir()?;
+        let path = dir.path();
+        let file = path.join("file");
+        let link = path.join("link");
+
+        create_soft_link(&file, &link)?;
+        std::fs::write(&file, "abc123def")?;
+
+        sd().args(&["abc\\d+", "", link.to_str().unwrap()])
+            .assert()
+            .success();
+
+        assert_file(&file.to_path_buf(), "def");
+        assert!(std::fs::symlink_metadata(link)?.file_type().is_symlink());
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn replace_into_stdout() -> Result<()> {
         let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;