diff --git a/src/smbclient/shutil.py b/src/smbclient/shutil.py
index edd18659..c9d7aefe 100644
--- a/src/smbclient/shutil.py
+++ b/src/smbclient/shutil.py
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ def copytree(
     source path and the destination path as arguments. By default copy() is used, but any function that supports the
     same signature (like copy()) can be used.
 
-    In this current form, copytree() only supports remote to remote copies over SMB, or remote to local copies.
-
     :param src: The source directory to copy.
     :param dst: The destination directory to copy to.
     :param symlinks: Whether to attempt to copy a symlink from the source tree to the dest tree, if False the symlink
@@ -295,7 +293,10 @@ def copytree(
     :param kwargs: Common arguments used to build the SMB Session for any UNC paths.
     :return: The dst path.
     """
-    dir_entries = list(scandir(src, **kwargs))
+    if is_remote_path(src):
+        dir_entries = list(scandir(src, **kwargs))
+    else:
+        dir_entries = list(os.scandir(src))
 
     if is_remote_path(dst):
         makedirs(dst, exist_ok=dirs_exist_ok, **kwargs)
@@ -316,6 +317,9 @@ def copytree(
 
         try:
             if dir_entry.is_symlink():
+                if not isinstance(dir_entry, SMBDirEntry):
+                    raise AssertionError("copytree doesn't yet support symlinks for local to remote operations")
+
                 link_target = readlink(src_path, **kwargs)
                 if symlinks:
                     symlink(link_target, dst_path, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_smbclient_shutil.py b/tests/test_smbclient_shutil.py
index be23d8ad..5b8fd56a 100644
--- a/tests/test_smbclient_shutil.py
+++ b/tests/test_smbclient_shutil.py
@@ -1176,6 +1176,33 @@ def test_copytree_with_local_dst(smb_share, tmp_path):
         assert fd.read() == "file3.txt"
 
 
+def test_copytree_with_local_src(smb_share, tmp_path):
+    src_dirname = str(tmp_path / "source")
+    dst_dirname = "%s\\target" % smb_share
+
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(src_dirname, "dir1", "subdir1"))
+    with open(os.path.join(src_dirname, "file1.txt"), mode="w") as fd:
+        fd.write("file1.txt")
+    with open(os.path.join(src_dirname, "dir1", "file2.txt"), mode="w") as fd:
+        fd.write("file2.txt")
+    with open(os.path.join(src_dirname, "dir1", "subdir1", "file3.txt"), mode="w") as fd:
+        fd.write("file3.txt")
+
+    actual = copytree(src_dirname, dst_dirname)
+    assert actual == dst_dirname
+
+    assert sorted(list(listdir(dst_dirname))) == ["dir1", "file1.txt"]
+    assert sorted(list(listdir("%s\\dir1" % dst_dirname))) == ["file2.txt", "subdir1"]
+    assert sorted(list(listdir("%s\\dir1\\subdir1" % dst_dirname))) == ["file3.txt"]
+
+    with open_file("%s\\file1.txt" % dst_dirname) as fd:
+        assert fd.read() == "file1.txt"
+    with open_file("%s\\dir1\\file2.txt" % dst_dirname) as fd:
+        assert fd.read() == "file2.txt"
+    with open_file("%s\\dir1\\subdir1\\file3.txt" % dst_dirname) as fd:
+        assert fd.read() == "file3.txt"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.name != "nt" and not os.environ.get("SMB_FORCE", False), reason="Samba does not update timestamps"
 )