diff --git a/pkg/bindings/images/build.go b/pkg/bindings/images/build.go
index b56afbceb5..346d55c47f 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/images/build.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/images/build.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func nTar(excludes []string, sources ...string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 						hdr.Typeflag = tar.TypeLink
 						hdr.Linkname = orig
 						hdr.Size = 0
-
+						hdr.Name = name
 						return tw.WriteHeader(hdr)
 					}
 					f, err := os.Open(path)
diff --git a/test/system/070-build.bats b/test/system/070-build.bats
index 9e15590139..0f3f3fa7fa 100644
--- a/test/system/070-build.bats
+++ b/test/system/070-build.bats
@@ -768,19 +768,27 @@ EOF
 
 @test "podman build COPY hardlinks " {
     tmpdir=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/build-test
-    mkdir -p $tmpdir
+    subdir=$tmpdir/subdir
+    subsubdir=$subdir/subsubdir
+    mkdir -p $subsubdir
 
     dockerfile=$tmpdir/Dockerfile
     cat >$dockerfile <<EOF
 FROM $IMAGE
 COPY . /test
 EOF
-    ln $dockerfile $tmpdir/hardlink
+    ln $dockerfile $tmpdir/hardlink1
+    ln $dockerfile $subdir/hardlink2
+    ln $dockerfile $subsubdir/hardlink3
 
     run_podman build -t build_test $tmpdir
     run_podman run --rm build_test stat -c '%i' /test/Dockerfile
     dinode=$output
-    run_podman run --rm build_test stat -c '%i' /test/hardlink
+    run_podman run --rm build_test stat -c '%i' /test/hardlink1
+    is "$output"   "$dinode"   "COPY hardlinks work"
+    run_podman run --rm build_test stat -c '%i' /test/subdir/hardlink2
+    is "$output"   "$dinode"   "COPY hardlinks work"
+    run_podman run --rm build_test stat -c '%i' /test/subdir/subsubdir/hardlink3
     is "$output"   "$dinode"   "COPY hardlinks work"
 
     run_podman rmi -f build_test