diff --git a/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.cpp b/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.cpp
index 4c355c06f..71c6e4cbd 100644
--- a/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -661,6 +661,21 @@ int64 Filesystem::getSize(const char *filename) const
 	return size;
 }
 
+void Filesystem::setSymlinksEnabled(bool enable)
+{
+	PHYSFS_permitSymbolicLinks(enable ? 1 : 0);
+}
+
+bool Filesystem::areSymlinksEnabled() const
+{
+	return PHYSFS_symbolicLinksPermitted() != 0;
+}
+
+bool Filesystem::isSymlink(const char *filename) const
+{
+	return PHYSFS_isSymbolicLink(filename) != 0;
+}
+
 } // physfs
 } // filesystem
 } // love
diff --git a/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.h b/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.h
index 2f036a87f..8c2f96209 100644
--- a/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.h
+++ b/src/modules/filesystem/physfs/Filesystem.h
@@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ public:
 	 **/
 	int64 getSize(const char *filename) const;
 
+	/**
+	 * Enable or disable symbolic link support in love.filesystem.
+	 **/
+	void setSymlinksEnabled(bool enable);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets whether symbolic link support is enabled.
+	 **/
+	bool areSymlinksEnabled() const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets whether a filepath is actually a symlink.
+	 * Always returns false if symlinks are not enabled.
+	 **/
+	bool isSymlink(const char *filename) const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Text file line-reading iterator function used and
 	 * pushed on the Lua stack by love.filesystem.lines
diff --git a/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.cpp b/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.cpp
index 5ece03b13..d8e83b256 100644
--- a/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.cpp
@@ -486,6 +486,25 @@ int w_getSize(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int w_setSymlinksEnabled(lua_State *L)
+{
+	instance()->setSymlinksEnabled(luax_toboolean(L, 1));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int w_areSymlinksEnabled(lua_State *L)
+{
+	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->areSymlinksEnabled());
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int w_isSymlink(lua_State *L)
+{
+	const char *filename = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+	luax_pushboolean(L, instance()->isSymlink(filename));
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int loader(lua_State *L)
 {
 	const char *filename = lua_tostring(L, -1);
@@ -645,6 +664,9 @@ static const luaL_Reg functions[] =
 	{ "load", w_load },
 	{ "getLastModified", w_getLastModified },
 	{ "getSize", w_getSize },
+	{ "setSymlinksEnabled", w_setSymlinksEnabled },
+	{ "areSymlinksEnabled", w_areSymlinksEnabled },
+	{ "isSymlink", w_isSymlink },
 	{ "newFileData", w_newFileData },
 	{ 0, 0 }
 };
diff --git a/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.h b/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.h
index e11a88c40..eb50dbf9a 100644
--- a/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.h
+++ b/src/modules/filesystem/wrap_Filesystem.h
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ int w_lines(lua_State *L);
 int w_load(lua_State *L);
 int w_getLastModified(lua_State *L);
 int w_getSize(lua_State *L);
+int w_setSymlinksEnabled(lua_State *L);
+int w_areSymlinksEnabled(lua_State *L);
+int w_isSymlink(lua_State *L);
 int loader(lua_State *L);
 int extloader(lua_State *L);
 extern "C" LOVE_EXPORT int luaopen_love_filesystem(lua_State *L);