diff --git a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractExtractFileTask.java b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractExtractFileTask.java
index 1be30277..7bf3103a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractExtractFileTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/tasks/AbstractExtractFileTask.java
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ protected void extractFile(ZipInputStream zipInputStream, FileHeader fileHeader,
           throw new ZipException("Could not create directory: " + outputFile);
         }
       }
-    } else if (isSymbolicLink(fileHeader)) {
+    } else if (isSymbolicLink) {
       createSymLink(zipInputStream, fileHeader, outputFile, progressMonitor);
     } else {
       checkOutputDirectoryStructure(outputFile);
       unzipFile(zipInputStream, outputFile, progressMonitor, readBuff);
     }
 
-    UnzipUtil.applyFileAttributes(fileHeader, outputFile);
+    if (!isSymbolicLink) {
+      UnzipUtil.applyFileAttributes(fileHeader, outputFile);
+    }
   }
 
   private void assertCanonicalPathsAreSame(File outputFile, String outputPath, FileHeader fileHeader)
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@ private void createSymLink(ZipInputStream zipInputStream, FileHeader fileHeader,
 
     try {
       Path linkTarget = Paths.get(symLinkPath);
+      if (outputFile.exists()) {
+        if (!outputFile.delete()) {
+          throw new ZipException("Could not delete existing symlink " + outputFile);
+        }
+      }
       Files.createSymbolicLink(outputFile.toPath(), linkTarget);
     } catch (NoSuchMethodError error) {
       try (OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(outputFile)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/util/FileUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/util/FileUtils.java
index edd8ad13..3d84a3ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/lingala/zip4j/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -558,9 +558,17 @@ private static byte[] getPosixFileAttributes(Path file) {
           LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
       Set<PosixFilePermission> posixFilePermissions = posixFileAttributeView.readAttributes().permissions();
 
-      fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(Files.isRegularFile(file), fileAttributes[3], 7);
-      fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(Files.isDirectory(file), fileAttributes[3], 6);
-      fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(Files.isSymbolicLink(file), fileAttributes[3], 5);
+      boolean isSymlink = Files.isSymbolicLink(file);
+      if (isSymlink) {
+        // Mark as a regular file and not a directory if file is a symlink and even if the symlink points to a directory
+        fileAttributes[3] = BitUtils.setBit(fileAttributes[3], 7);
+        fileAttributes[3] = BitUtils.unsetBit(fileAttributes[3], 6);
+      } else {
+        fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(Files.isRegularFile(file), fileAttributes[3], 7);
+        fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(Files.isDirectory(file), fileAttributes[3], 6);
+      }
+
+      fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(isSymlink, fileAttributes[3], 5);
       fileAttributes[3] = setBitIfApplicable(posixFilePermissions.contains(OWNER_READ), fileAttributes[3], 0);
       fileAttributes[2] = setBitIfApplicable(posixFilePermissions.contains(OWNER_WRITE), fileAttributes[2], 7);
       fileAttributes[2] = setBitIfApplicable(posixFilePermissions.contains(OWNER_EXECUTE), fileAttributes[2], 6);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/ExtractZipFileIT.java b/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/ExtractZipFileIT.java
index bb97031e..d37faf8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/ExtractZipFileIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/lingala/zip4j/ExtractZipFileIT.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -328,6 +329,22 @@ public void testExtractFileWithFileNameAndNewFileNameExtractsSymlinkWhenSymlinkE
     assertThat(outputFolder.listFiles()[0].getName()).isEqualTo(newFileName);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSymlinkToDirectoryMaintainsSymlink() throws IOException {
+    verifyZipFileByExtractingAllFiles(getTestArchiveFromResources("zipWithLinkToDirAndFolder.zip"), null, outputFolder, 5, false);
+
+    Path aDirectory = Paths.get(outputFolder.getPath(), "a");
+    Path symlinkToDir = Paths.get(outputFolder.getPath(), "b");
+    Path aFile = Paths.get(outputFolder.getPath(), "c");
+    Path symlinkToFile = Paths.get(outputFolder.getPath(), "d");
+    assertThat(aDirectory).isDirectory();
+    assertThat(Files.isSymbolicLink(symlinkToDir)).isTrue();
+    assertThat(aFile).isRegularFile();
+    assertThat(symlinkToFile).isSymbolicLink();
+    assertThat(Files.readSymbolicLink(symlinkToDir)).isEqualTo(aDirectory.getFileName());
+    assertThat(Files.readSymbolicLink(symlinkToFile)).isEqualTo(aFile.getFileName());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testExtractFilesThrowsExceptionForWrongPasswordForAes() throws IOException {
     ZipParameters zipParameters = createZipParameters(EncryptionMethod.AES, AesKeyStrength.KEY_STRENGTH_256);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/test-archives/zipWithLinkToDirAndFolder.zip b/src/test/resources/test-archives/zipWithLinkToDirAndFolder.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d2efe8a
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