diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
index 4d31c7604..1eb9dc3b5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/unpack_strategy_spec.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ describe UnpackStrategy do
   end
 end
 
+describe DirectoryUnpackStrategy do
+  let(:path) {
+    mktmpdir.tap do |path|
+      FileUtils.touch path/"file"
+      FileUtils.ln_s "file", path/"symlink"
+    end
+  }
+  subject(:strategy) { described_class.new(path) }
+  let(:unpack_dir) { mktmpdir }
+
+  it "does not follow symlinks" do
+    strategy.extract(to: unpack_dir)
+    expect(unpack_dir/"symlink").to be_a_symlink
+  end
+end
+
 describe UncompressedUnpackStrategy do
   let(:path) {
     (mktmpdir/"test").tap do |path|
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
index 84def55eb..5062deb5f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DirectoryUnpackStrategy < UnpackStrategy
   private
 
   def extract_to_dir(unpack_dir, basename:)
-    FileUtils.cp_r path.children, unpack_dir, preserve: true
+    FileUtils.cp_r File.join(path, "."), unpack_dir, preserve: true
   end
 end