diff --git a/autotests/jobtest.h b/autotests/jobtest.h
--- a/autotests/jobtest.h
+++ b/autotests/jobtest.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     void copyFileToSamePartition();
     void copyDirectoryToSamePartition();
     void copyDirectoryToExistingDirectory();
+    void copyDirectoryToExistingSymlinkedDirectory();
     void copyFileToOtherPartition();
     void copyDirectoryToOtherPartition();
     void copyRelativeSymlinkToSamePartition();
diff --git a/autotests/jobtest.cpp b/autotests/jobtest.cpp
--- a/autotests/jobtest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/jobtest.cpp
@@ -619,6 +619,36 @@
     copyLocalDirectory(src, dest, AlreadyExists);
 }
 
+void JobTest::copyDirectoryToExistingSymlinkedDirectory()
+{
+    // qDebug();
+    // just the same as copyDirectoryToSamePartition, but this time dest is a symlink.
+    // So we get a file in the symlink dir, "dirFromHome_symlink/dirFromHome" and
+    // "dirFromHome_symOrigin/dirFromHome"
+    const QString src = homeTmpDir() + "dirFromHome";
+    const QString origSymlink = homeTmpDir() + "dirFromHome_symOrigin";
+    const QString targetSymlink = homeTmpDir() + "dirFromHome_symlink";
+    createTestDirectory(src);
+    createTestDirectory(origSymlink);
+
+    bool ok = KIOPrivate::createSymlink(origSymlink, targetSymlink);
+    if (!ok) {
+        qFatal("couldn't create symlink: %s", strerror(errno));
+    }
+    QVERIFY(QFileInfo(targetSymlink).isSymLink());
+    QVERIFY(QFileInfo(targetSymlink).isDir());
+
+    KIO::Job *job = KIO::copy(QUrl::fromLocalFile(src), QUrl::fromLocalFile(targetSymlink), KIO::HideProgressInfo);
+    job->setUiDelegate(nullptr);
+    job->setUiDelegateExtension(nullptr);
+    QVERIFY2(job->exec(), qPrintable(job->errorString()));
+    QVERIFY(QFile::exists(src));     // still there
+
+    // file is visible in both places due to symlink
+    QVERIFY(QFileInfo(origSymlink + "/dirFromHome").isDir());;
+    QVERIFY(QFileInfo(targetSymlink + "/dirFromHome").isDir());
+}
+
 void JobTest::copyFileToOtherPartition()
 {
     // qDebug();
diff --git a/src/core/copyjob.cpp b/src/core/copyjob.cpp
--- a/src/core/copyjob.cpp
+++ b/src/core/copyjob.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     state = STATE_STATING;
     const QUrl dest = m_asMethod ? m_dest.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename) : m_dest;
     // We need isDir() and UDS_LOCAL_PATH (for slaves who set it). Let's assume the latter is part of StatBasic too.
-    KIO::Job *job = KIO::statDetails(dest, StatJob::DestinationSide, KIO::StatBasic, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
+    KIO::Job *job = KIO::statDetails(dest, StatJob::DestinationSide, KIO::StatBasic | KIO::StatResolveSymlink, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
     qCDebug(KIO_COPYJOB_DEBUG) << "CopyJob: stating the dest" << dest;
     q->addSubjob(job);
 }