diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 16e9c9c12a..03f188b0a2 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -2960,6 +2960,8 @@ inst_recursive() {
         while read -r item; do
             if [[ -d "$item" ]]; then
                 inst_dir "$item"
+            elif [[ -L "$item" ]]; then
+                inst_symlink "$item"
             elif [[ -f "$item" ]]; then
                 inst_simple "$item"
             fi