diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7dadfe..cbcfe06 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ module github.com/ema/pets
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/facebookgo/symwalk v0.0.0-20150726040526-42004b9f3222 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 635dc62..f84571d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+github.com/facebookgo/symwalk v0.0.0-20150726040526-42004b9f3222 h1:ivxAxcE9py2xLAqpcEwN7sN711aLfEWgh3cY0aha7uY=
+github.com/facebookgo/symwalk v0.0.0-20150726040526-42004b9f3222/go.mod h1:PgrCjL2+FgkITqxQI+erRTONtAv4JkpOzun5ozKW/Jg=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 h1:dLEQVugN8vlakKOUE3ihGLTZJRB4j+M2cdTm/ORI65Y=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 3ee6a04..badffdf 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/facebookgo/symwalk"
 )
 
 // Because it is important to know when enough is enough.
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ func ParseFiles(directory string) ([]*PetsFile, error) {
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] using configuration directory '%s'\n", directory)
 
-	err := filepath.Walk(directory, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+	err := symwalk.Walk(directory, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		// This function is called once for each file in the Pets configuration
 		// directory
 		if err != nil {
@@ -159,10 +161,17 @@ func ParseFiles(directory string) ([]*PetsFile, error) {
 		// is the source path. Every long journey begins with a single step!
 		pf := NewPetsFile()
 
+		// Evaluate the symlinks, to simplify checking whether a symlink
+		// we created points to the file it should
+		direct, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		// Get absolute path to the source. Technically we would be fine with a
-		// relative path too, but it's good to remove abiguity. Plus absolute
+		// relative path too, but it's good to remove ambiguity. Plus absolute
 		// paths make things easier in case we have to create a symlink.
-		abs, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+		abs, err := filepath.Abs(direct)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}