diff --git a/src/arch/x86/linux/process.cc b/src/arch/x86/linux/process.cc
index 5717218f9f..51512fdda8 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/linux/process.cc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/linux/process.cc
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static SyscallDesc syscallDescs64[] = {
     /*  85 */ SyscallDesc("creat", unimplementedFunc),
     /*  86 */ SyscallDesc("link", linkFunc),
     /*  87 */ SyscallDesc("unlink", unlinkFunc),
-    /*  88 */ SyscallDesc("symlink", unimplementedFunc),
+    /*  88 */ SyscallDesc("symlink", symlinkFunc),
     /*  89 */ SyscallDesc("readlink", readlinkFunc),
     /*  90 */ SyscallDesc("chmod", unimplementedFunc),
     /*  91 */ SyscallDesc("fchmod", unimplementedFunc),
diff --git a/src/sim/syscall_emul.cc b/src/sim/syscall_emul.cc
index c56963acf4..dd2323eaae 100644
--- a/src/sim/syscall_emul.cc
+++ b/src/sim/syscall_emul.cc
@@ -539,6 +539,26 @@ linkFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p, ThreadContext *tc)
     return (result == -1) ? -errno : result;
 }
 
+SyscallReturn
+symlinkFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p, ThreadContext *tc)
+{
+    string path;
+    string new_path;
+
+    int index = 0;
+    auto &virt_mem = tc->getMemProxy();
+    if (!virt_mem.tryReadString(path, p->getSyscallArg(tc, index)))
+        return -EFAULT;
+    if (!virt_mem.tryReadString(new_path, p->getSyscallArg(tc, index)))
+        return -EFAULT;
+
+    path = p->fullPath(path);
+    new_path = p->fullPath(new_path);
+
+    int result = symlink(path.c_str(), new_path.c_str());
+    return (result == -1) ? -errno : result;
+}
+
 SyscallReturn
 mkdirFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p, ThreadContext *tc)
 {
diff --git a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
index e3d99cea99..1f4233aa88 100644
--- a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
+++ b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ SyscallReturn unlinkFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num,
 SyscallReturn linkFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p,
                        ThreadContext *tc);
 
+/// Target symlink() handler.
+SyscallReturn symlinkFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p,
+                          ThreadContext *tc);
+
 /// Target mkdir() handler.
 SyscallReturn mkdirFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num,
                         Process *p, ThreadContext *tc);