diff --git a/pkgs/io/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/io/CHANGELOG.md
index e0631fa95..d0a95f614 100644
--- a/pkgs/io/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/io/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.1.0
+
+* Copy links as links instead of deeply copying the content for all links in
+  `copyPath` and `copyPathSync`.
+
 ## 1.0.5
 
 * Require Dart 3.4.
diff --git a/pkgs/io/lib/src/copy_path.dart b/pkgs/io/lib/src/copy_path.dart
index 3a999b610..60f382e9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/io/lib/src/copy_path.dart
+++ b/pkgs/io/lib/src/copy_path.dart
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Future<void> copyPath(String from, String to) async {
     return;
   }
   await Directory(to).create(recursive: true);
-  await for (final file in Directory(from).list(recursive: true)) {
+  await for (final file
+      in Directory(from).list(recursive: true, followLinks: false)) {
     final copyTo = p.join(to, p.relative(file.path, from: from));
     if (file is Directory) {
       await Directory(copyTo).create(recursive: true);
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ void copyPathSync(String from, String to) {
     return;
   }
   Directory(to).createSync(recursive: true);
-  for (final file in Directory(from).listSync(recursive: true)) {
+  for (final file
+      in Directory(from).listSync(recursive: true, followLinks: false)) {
     final copyTo = p.join(to, p.relative(file.path, from: from));
     if (file is Directory) {
       Directory(copyTo).createSync(recursive: true);
diff --git a/pkgs/io/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/io/pubspec.yaml
index 7e00d993d..46b76b362 100644
--- a/pkgs/io/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/io/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: io
 description: >-
   Utilities for the Dart VM Runtime including support for ANSI colors, file
   copying, and standard exit code values.
-version: 1.0.5
+version: 1.1.0-wip
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/tools/tree/main/pkgs/io
 
 environment:
diff --git a/pkgs/io/test/copy_path_test.dart b/pkgs/io/test/copy_path_test.dart
index 0c72a0b4d..565fc96f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/io/test/copy_path_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/io/test/copy_path_test.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 @TestOn('vm')
 library;
 
+import 'dart:io';
+
 import 'package:io/io.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
@@ -33,6 +35,36 @@ void main() {
       throwsArgumentError,
     );
   });
+
+  test('links are preserved in async copy', () async {
+    await _create();
+    const linkTarget = 'link_target';
+    final targetPath = p.join(d.sandbox, linkTarget);
+    const linkSource = 'link_source';
+    await d.dir(linkTarget).create();
+    await Link(p.join(d.sandbox, _parentDir, linkSource)).create(targetPath);
+
+    await copyPath(p.join(d.sandbox, _parentDir), p.join(d.sandbox, _copyDir));
+
+    final expectedLink = Link(p.join(d.sandbox, _copyDir, linkSource));
+    expect(await expectedLink.exists(), isTrue);
+    expect(await expectedLink.target(), targetPath);
+  });
+
+  test('links are preserved in sync copy', () async {
+    await _create();
+    const linkTarget = 'link_target';
+    final targetPath = p.join(d.sandbox, linkTarget);
+    const linkSource = 'link_source';
+    await d.dir(linkTarget).create();
+    await Link(p.join(d.sandbox, _parentDir, linkSource)).create(targetPath);
+
+    copyPathSync(p.join(d.sandbox, _parentDir), p.join(d.sandbox, _copyDir));
+
+    final expectedLink = Link(p.join(d.sandbox, _copyDir, linkSource));
+    expect(await expectedLink.exists(), isTrue);
+    expect(await expectedLink.target(), targetPath);
+  });
 }
 
 const _parentDir = 'parent';