diff --git a/biz.aQute.repository/src/aQute/bnd/deployer/repository/LocalIndexedRepo.java b/biz.aQute.repository/src/aQute/bnd/deployer/repository/LocalIndexedRepo.java
index 7a0b246b8c..199b75597a 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.repository/src/aQute/bnd/deployer/repository/LocalIndexedRepo.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.repository/src/aQute/bnd/deployer/repository/LocalIndexedRepo.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.security.DigestInputStream;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ private synchronized void generateIndex(File indexFile, IRepositoryContentProvid
 		try (ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
 			URI rootUri = storageDir.getCanonicalFile()
 				.toURI();
+			if (Files.isSymbolicLink(storageDir.toPath())) {
+				rootUri = storageDir.toURI();
+			}
 			provider.generateIndex(allFiles, out, this.getName(), rootUri, pretty, registry, logService);
 
 			byte[] data = out.toByteArray();