--- ../thunar/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c	2013-05-05 12:37:23.000000000 -0400
+++ thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c	2014-08-01 22:32:41.141673200 -0400
@@ -363,6 +363,22 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+      else if (err->code == G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+        {
+          /* symlinks are not supported
+           *
+           * this means either that glib wasn't compiled with symlink
+           * support or that the target filesystem doesn't support
+           * them
+           *
+           * try again by following symlinks
+           */
+          g_clear_error (&err);
+          g_file_copy (source_file, target_file,
+                       copy_flags ^ G_FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
+                       exo_job_get_cancellable (EXO_JOB (job)),
+                       thunar_transfer_job_progress, job, &err);
+        }
     }
 
   if (G_UNLIKELY (err != NULL))