diff --git a/classes/mingw_sdk_handle_symlink.bbclass b/classes/mingw_sdk_handle_symlink.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/mingw_sdk_handle_symlink.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+WINSDK_NO_SYMLINK ?= "0"
+
+archive_sdk:prepend:sdkmingw32 () {
+	if [ "${WINSDK_NO_SYMLINK}" = "1" ]; then
+		for parse_type in "file" "directory"; do
+			find "${SDK_OUTPUT}/${SDKPATH}" -type l -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' symlink; do
+				target=$(readlink -f "$symlink" || echo "NOTVALID")
+				if [ "$target" = "NOTVALID" ]; then
+					continue
+				fi
+				if [ ! -e "$target" ]; then
+					continue
+				elif [ -d "$target" ]; then
+					if [ "$parse_type" = "directory" ]; then
+						rm "$symlink" && cp -r "$target" "$symlink"
+					fi
+				else
+					if [ "$parse_type" = "file" ]; then
+						rm "$symlink" && cp "$target" "$symlink"
+					fi
+				fi
+			done
+		done
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/conf/machine-sdk/include/mingw32-common.inc b/conf/machine-sdk/include/mingw32-common.inc
index 56b8052..bf3f14e 100644
--- a/conf/machine-sdk/include/mingw32-common.inc
+++ b/conf/machine-sdk/include/mingw32-common.inc
@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ GCCPIE:mingw32 = ""
 
 # wine and wineserver are required to test MinGW SDKs
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "wine wineserver"
+
+# handle symlinks
+INHERIT += "mingw_sdk_handle_symlink"