diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/cache/DigestUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/cache/DigestUtils.java
index 8539846e2b957e..7650db046ca496 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/cache/DigestUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/cache/DigestUtils.java
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ public static byte[] manuallyComputeDigest(Path path, long fileSize) throws IOEx
     Cache<CacheKey, byte[]> cache = globalCache;
     CacheKey key = null;
     if (cache != null) {
-      key = new CacheKey(path, path.stat());
+      Path canonicalPath = path.resolveSymbolicLinks();
+      key = new CacheKey(canonicalPath, canonicalPath.stat());
       digest = cache.getIfPresent(key);
       if (digest != null) {
         return digest;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/DigestUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/DigestUtilsTest.java
index eb1ae6cb4f1683..dbe2cff6b2c03b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/DigestUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/DigestUtilsTest.java
@@ -213,6 +213,50 @@ protected byte[] getDigest(Path path) throws IOException {
     assertThat(digest3).isEqualTo(digest1);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testCacheWithSymlinks_cacheHit() throws Exception {
+    final AtomicInteger getFastDigestCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    final AtomicInteger getDigestCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+    FileSystem tracingFileSystem =
+        new InMemoryFileSystem(BlazeClock.instance()) {
+          @Override
+          protected byte[] getFastDigest(Path path) {
+            getFastDigestCounter.incrementAndGet();
+            return null;
+          }
+
+          @Override
+          protected byte[] getDigest(Path path) throws IOException {
+            getDigestCounter.incrementAndGet();
+            return super.getDigest(path);
+          }
+        };
+
+    DigestUtils.configureCache(2);
+
+    final Path file1 = tracingFileSystem.getPath("/file1.txt");
+    FileSystemUtils.writeContentAsLatin1(file1, "some contents");
+    // Create a symlink to file1
+    final Path directory = tracingFileSystem.getPath("/dir");
+    directory.createDirectory();
+    final Path symlink = tracingFileSystem.getPath("/dir/symlink_to_file1.txt");
+    symlink.createSymbolicLink(file1);
+
+    byte[] digest1 = DigestUtils.getDigestWithManualFallback(file1, file1.getFileSize());
+    assertThat(getFastDigestCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(getDigestCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+    new CacheStatsChecker().evictionCount(0).hitCount(0).missCount(1).check();
+
+    // Check that there is a cache hit for the symlink
+    byte[] digest2 = DigestUtils.getDigestWithManualFallback(symlink, symlink.getFileSize());
+    assertThat(getFastDigestCounter.get()).isEqualTo(2);
+    assertThat(getDigestCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+    new CacheStatsChecker().evictionCount(0).hitCount(1).missCount(1).check();
+
+    assertThat(digest1).isEqualTo(digest2);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void manuallyComputeDigest() throws Exception {
     byte[] digest = {1, 2, 3};