diff --git a/tests/mappings/symlink/BUILD.bazel b/tests/mappings/symlink/BUILD.bazel
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mappings/symlink/BUILD.bazel
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+load(":node_modules_tree.bzl", "node_modules_tree")
+load("//pkg/private/tar:tar.bzl", "pkg_tar")
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+
+node_modules_tree(
+    name = "tree"
+)
+
+pkg_tar(
+    name = "tar",
+    srcs = [
+        ":tree"
+    ]
+)
+
+build_test(
+    name = "test",
+    targets = [":tar"],
+)
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diff --git a/tests/mappings/symlink/node_modules_tree.bzl b/tests/mappings/symlink/node_modules_tree.bzl
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/mappings/symlink/node_modules_tree.bzl
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+
+
+def impl(ctx):
+    # packages
+    # - a
+    # - b depends on a
+    store_a = ctx.actions.declare_directory("node_modules/.pnpm/a@0.0.0/node_modules/a")
+    store_b = ctx.actions.declare_directory("node_modules/.pnpm/b@0.0.0/node_modules/b")
+
+    ctx.actions.run_shell(
+        outputs = [store_a, store_b],
+        command = "echo 'test' > %s/package.json" % store_a.path
+    )
+
+    dep_symlink_b_to_a = ctx.actions.declare_file("node_modules/.pnpm/b@0.0.0/node_modules/a")
+    
+    ctx.actions.symlink(
+        output = dep_symlink_b_to_a,
+        target_file = store_a
+    )
+
+    return DefaultInfo(files = depset([store_a, store_b, dep_symlink_b_to_a]))
+
+node_modules_tree = rule(
+    implementation = impl,
+)
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