Index: Lib/test/test_os.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_os.py	(revision 86850)
+++ Lib/test/test_os.py	(working copy)
@@ -887,6 +887,11 @@
         self._test_link(bytes(self.file1, sys.getfilesystemencoding()),
                         bytes(self.file2, sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
 
+    def test_mbcs_name(self):
+        self.file1 += "\u65e5\u672c"
+        self.file2 = self.file1 + "2"
+        self._test_link(self.file1, self.file2)
+
 if sys.platform != 'win32':
     class Win32ErrorTests(unittest.TestCase):
         pass
Index: Modules/posixmodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/posixmodule.c	(revision 86850)
+++ Modules/posixmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -2252,6 +2252,22 @@
     char *src, *dst;
     BOOL rslt;
 
+    PyUnicodeObject *usrc, *udst;
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UU:link", &usrc, &udst)) {
+        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+        rslt = CreateHardLinkW(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(udst),
+                               PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(usrc), NULL);
+        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+        if (rslt == 0)
+            return posix_error();
+
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+
+    /* Narrow strings also valid. */
+    PyErr_Clear();
+
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&O&:link", PyUnicode_FSConverter, &osrc,
                           PyUnicode_FSConverter, &odst))
         return NULL;
@@ -2260,7 +2276,7 @@
     dst = PyBytes_AsString(odst);
 
     Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-    rslt = CreateHardLink(dst, src, NULL);
+    rslt = CreateHardLinkA(dst, src, NULL);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
     Py_DECREF(osrc);