diff -r f746f601c35c -r 62cc92445234 dav/sync.c
--- a/dav/sync.c	Tue Apr 16 11:46:53 2019 +0200
+++ b/dav/sync.c	Sat Apr 20 12:31:08 2019 +0200
@@ -2421,7 +2421,8 @@
     }
     
     if(S_ISLNK(s.st_mode)) {
-        size_t lnksize = s.st_size > 256 ? s.st_size : 256;
+        off_t l_sz = s.st_size + 16;
+        size_t lnksize = l_sz > 256 ? l_sz : 256;
         char *lnkbuf = malloc(lnksize);
         
         ssize_t len = 0;
@@ -2437,10 +2438,28 @@
         }
         
         if(len > 0) {
-            res->link_target = lnkbuf;
-            res->link_target[len] = 0;
-        } else {
-            free(lnkbuf);
+            // readlink successful
+            lnkbuf[len] = 0;
+            
+            char *normalized = NULL;
+            if(lnkbuf[0] != '/') {
+                char *link_parent = util_parent_path(res->path);
+                char *abs_link_parent = util_concat_path(dir->path, link_parent);
+                char *link = util_concat_path(abs_link_parent, lnkbuf);
+                normalized = util_path_normalize(link);
+                free(abs_link_parent);
+                free(link_parent);
+                free(link);
+            } else {
+                normalized = util_path_normalize(lnkbuf);
+            }
+            
+            if(util_path_isrelated(dir->path, normalized)) {
+                // the link points to a file inside the syncdir
+                char *rel = util_create_relative_path(normalized, file_path);
+                res->link_target = rel;
+            }
+            free(normalized);
         }
         
         free(lnkbuf);