diff --git a/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
index 2e773f71e256..ea4b98b2fbd7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export const Info = Schema.Struct({
     description:
       "Enable or disable snapshot tracking. When false, filesystem snapshots are not recorded and undoing or reverting will not undo/redo file changes. Defaults to true.",
   }),
+  follow_symlinks: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
+    description: "Follow symbolic links when searching files (default: false)",
+  }),
   plugin: Schema.optional(Schema.mutable(Schema.Array(ConfigPluginV1.Spec))),
   share: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["manual", "auto", "disabled"])).annotate({
     description:
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/glob.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/glob.ts
index 40d3a27d3cba..1a52df86dc82 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/glob.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/glob.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from "path"
-import { Effect, Schema } from "effect"
+import { Effect, Option, Schema } from "effect"
 import { InstanceState } from "@/effect/instance-state"
+import { Config } from "@/config/config"
 import { FSUtil } from "@opencode-ai/core/fs-util"
 import { Ripgrep } from "@opencode-ai/core/ripgrep"
 import { assertExternalDirectoryEffect } from "./external-directory"
@@ -46,8 +47,14 @@ export const GlobTool = Tool.define(
             kind: "directory",
           })
 
+          const configSvc = yield* Effect.serviceOption(Config.Service)
+          const cfg = Option.isNone(configSvc)
+            ? undefined
+            : yield* configSvc.value.get().pipe(Effect.catch(() => Effect.succeed(undefined)))
+          const follow = cfg?.follow_symlinks ?? false
+
           const limit = 100
-          const files = yield* ripgrep.glob({ cwd: search, pattern: params.pattern, limit })
+          const files = yield* ripgrep.glob({ cwd: search, pattern: params.pattern, limit, follow })
           const truncated = files.length === limit
 
           const output = []