diff -urN coreutils-8.21-alt1/src/ln.c coreutils-8.21-alt1.ln/src/ln.c
--- coreutils-8.21-alt1/src/ln.c	2013-04-07 13:53:17.000000000 +0300
+++ coreutils-8.21-alt1.ln/src/ln.c	2013-06-26 19:32:56.000000000 +0300
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
   char *targetdir = dir_name (target);
 
   char *realdest = canonicalize_filename_mode (targetdir, CAN_MISSING);
-  char *realfrom = canonicalize_filename_mode (from, CAN_MISSING);
+  char *realfrom = canonicalize_filename_mode (from, logical ? CAN_MISSING : CAN_MISSING | CAN_NOLINKS);
 
   /* Write to a PATH_MAX buffer.  */
   char *relative_from = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);