diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
index ed5c1125e5..e0427e6ae8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ class FilesystemTest extends FilesystemTestCase
         $this->assertTrue(is_dir($targetPath));
         $this->assertFileEquals($sourcePath.'/nested/file1.txt', $targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1/file1.txt');
         $this->assertTrue(is_link($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
-        $this->assertEquals('nested', readlink($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR ? realpath($sourcePath.'\nested') : 'nested', readlink($targetPath.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link1'));
     }
 
     /**