diff --git a/Lib/zipimport.py b/Lib/zipimport.py
index 5ef0a17c2a..d887d07406 100644
--- a/Lib/zipimport.py
+++ b/Lib/zipimport.py
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ class zipimporter:
             self.prefix += path_sep
 
 
+    def _resolve_symlink(self, path):
+        try:
+            st = _bootstrap_external._path_stat(path)
+            if (st.st_mode & 0o170000) != 0o120000:  # stat S_ISLNK
+                try:
+                    path = self._files[path]
+                except KeyError:
+                    raise OSError(0, '', path)
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            pass
+        return path
+
+
     # Check whether we can satisfy the import of the module named by
     # 'fullname', or whether it could be a portion of a namespace
     # package. Return self if we can load it, a string containing the
@@ -174,7 +187,7 @@ class zipimporter:
             key = pathname[len(self.archive + path_sep):]
 
         try:
-            toc_entry = self._files[key]
+            toc_entry = self._files[self._resolve_symlink(key)]
         except KeyError:
             raise OSError(0, '', key)
         return _get_data(self.archive, toc_entry)
@@ -210,7 +223,7 @@ class zipimporter:
             fullpath = f'{path}.py'
 
         try:
-            toc_entry = self._files[fullpath]
+            toc_entry = self._files[self._resolve_symlink(fullpath)]
         except KeyError:
             # we have the module, but no source
             return None