diff --git a/shutil.go b/shutil.go
index 09fcd38..0954b6c 100644
--- a/shutil.go
+++ b/shutil.go
@@ -104,10 +104,15 @@ func CopyFile(src, dst string, followSymlinks bool) (error) {
 
   // If we are a symlink, follow it
   if IsSymlink(srcStat) {
-    src, err = os.Readlink(src)
+    linkSrc, err := os.Readlink(src)
     if err != nil {
       return err
     }
+    if(filepath.IsAbs(linkSrc) != true){ // if it's a relative symlink 
+      src = filepath.Dir(src)+"/"+linkSrc // prepend path of src
+    } else {
+      src=linkSrc
+    }
     srcStat, err = os.Stat(src)
     if err != nil {
       return err