diff --git a/lib/loader/mixin/plugin.js b/lib/loader/mixin/plugin.js
index c12a0ebb..aceb48f2 100644
--- a/lib/loader/mixin/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/loader/mixin/plugin.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ module.exports = {
     for (let dir of lookupDirs) {
       dir = path.join(dir, name);
       if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-        return dir;
+        return fs.realpathSync(dir);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5595c7c..5899ca78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "koa-router": "4",
     "mm": "^2.0.0",
     "pedding": "^1.0.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "should": "^11.1.0",
     "supertest": "^2.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/fixtures/realpath/a/package.json b/test/fixtures/realpath/a/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0993be8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/realpath/a/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "eggPlugin": {
+    "name": "a"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/realpath/config/plugin.js b/test/fixtures/realpath/config/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6726fe97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/realpath/config/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.a = {
+  enable: true,
+  pacakge: 'b',
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/realpath/node_modules/.gitkeep b/test/fixtures/realpath/node_modules/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/fixtures/realpath/node_modules/a b/test/fixtures/realpath/node_modules/a
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..82f488f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/realpath/node_modules/a
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/realpath/package.json b/test/fixtures/realpath/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b928156e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/realpath/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "name": "realpath"
+}
diff --git a/test/loader/mixin/load_plugin.test.js b/test/loader/mixin/load_plugin.test.js
index 30d868a0..fd873394 100644
--- a/test/loader/mixin/load_plugin.test.js
+++ b/test/loader/mixin/load_plugin.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 const should = require('should');
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const mm = require('mm');
+const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 const utils = require('../../utils');
 
 describe('test/load_plugin.test.js', function() {
@@ -370,4 +372,15 @@ describe('test/load_plugin.test.js', function() {
     loader.plugins.hsfclient.path
       .should.equal(utils.getFilepath('plugin-path-package/node_modules/hsfclient'));
   });
+
+  it('should resolve the realpath of plugin path', () => {
+    rimraf.sync(utils.getFilepath('realpath/node_modules/a'));
+    fs.symlinkSync('../a', utils.getFilepath('realpath/node_modules/a'), 'dir');
+    app = utils.createApp('realpath');
+    const loader = app.loader;
+    loader.loadPlugin();
+    const plugin = loader.plugins.a;
+    plugin.name.should.equal('a');
+    plugin.path.should.equal(utils.getFilepath('realpath/a'));
+  });
 });