--- thunar/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c	2013-05-05 12:37:23.000000000 -0400
+++ thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c	2014-08-01 23:49:12.323918933 -0400
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
   GFileType target_type;
   gboolean  target_exists;
   GError   *err = NULL;
+  GFileInfo            *info;
 
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_TRANSFER_JOB (job), FALSE);
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (source_file), FALSE);
@@ -363,6 +364,33 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+      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);
+
+          /* reset the filesize */
+          info = g_file_query_info (source_file,
+                                    G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SIZE,
+                                    0, exo_job_get_cancellable (EXO_JOB (job)),
+                                    &err);
+          if (G_UNLIKELY (info == NULL))
+            return FALSE;
+          /* wrong: assumes symlink size is zero */
+          job->total_size += g_file_info_get_size (info);
+
+          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))