diff --git a/lib/fakefs/fake/symlink.rb b/lib/fakefs/fake/symlink.rb
index 5132542..750d095 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs/fake/symlink.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs/fake/symlink.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module FakeFS
   class FakeSymlink
-    attr_accessor :name, :target
+    attr_accessor :name, :target, :parent
     alias_method  :to_s, :name
 
     def initialize(target)
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index 53290c0..9d999f8 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal target, File.readlink(link)
   end
 
+  def test_symlinks_in_different_directories
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(target = "/path/to/foo/target")
+    FileUtils.ln_s(target, link = "/path/to/bar/symlink")
+    assert_equal target, File.readlink(link)
+  end
+
   def test_knows_symlinks_are_symlinks
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(target = "/path/to/target")
     FileUtils.ln_s(target, link = "/path/to/symlink")