diff --git a/pkgs/additional/bunpen/restrict/namespace.ha b/pkgs/additional/bunpen/restrict/namespace.ha
index 18c54ced5..0f0bd7626 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/bunpen/restrict/namespace.ha
+++ b/pkgs/additional/bunpen/restrict/namespace.ha
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ fn bind_component(old_fs: *fs::fs, new_fs: *fs::fs, strpath: str) (void | fs::er
   // };
 
   if (fs::islink(st.mode)) {
-    log::printfln("TODO: support symlinks ({})", strpath);
-    return;
+    let linktext = fs::readlink(old_fs, strpath)?;
+    fs::symlink(new_fs, linktext, strpath)?;
+    // TODO: lots of edge cases with symlinks i need to flesh out here.
   } else if (fs::isdir(st.mode)) {
     fs::mkdir(new_fs, strpath, st.mode)?;
   } else {