diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5815dc1ca..0805a1b51 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-07  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (unlink_nt): Open native symlinks with
+	FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT flag.
+
 2006-12-07  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* ntdll.h (STATUS_DELETE_PENDING): Define.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 1e23323e7..928e1c64b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ unlink_nt (path_conv &win32_name, bool setattrs)
      2K3 and in all cases, DeleteFile works, "delete on close" does not. */
   if (!win32_name.isremote ())
     flags |= FILE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE;
+  /* Add the reparse point flag to native symlinks, otherwise we remove the
+     target, not the symlink. */
+  if (win32_name.is_rep_symlink ())
+    flags |= FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT;
 
   win32_name.get_nt_native_path (upath);
   InitializeObjectAttributes (&attr, &upath, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE | OBJ_INHERIT,