diff --git a/0001-Follow-symlinks-in-NioFiles.copy.patch b/0001-Follow-symlinks-in-NioFiles.copy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d12d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Follow-symlinks-in-NioFiles.copy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 978fcb3b207d1b1a9895dadd40ba31c290c57918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:15:55 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Follow symlinks in NioFiles.copy
+
+---
+ src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/NioFiles.java | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/NioFiles.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/NioFiles.java
+index 2841978..50cdeb7 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/NioFiles.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/NioFiles.java
+@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public static File copy( File source, File target )
+         throws IOException
+     {
+         Path copy = Files.copy( source.toPath(), target.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING,
+-                                StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS );
++                                StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES );
+         return copy.toFile();
+     }
+ 
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/plexus-utils.spec b/plexus-utils.spec
index e6c4de5..563372a 100644
--- a/plexus-utils.spec
+++ b/plexus-utils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           plexus-utils
 Version:        3.1.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Plexus Common Utilities
 # ASL 1.1: several files in src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/ 
 # xpp: src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/util/xml/pull directory
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Source0:        https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/%{name}/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
+# https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/45
+Patch1:         0001-Follow-symlinks-in-NioFiles.copy.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin)
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
 
+%patch1 -p1
+
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %mvn_file : plexus/utils
@@ -72,6 +77,9 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} .
 %doc NOTICE.txt LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 11 2018 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 3.1.0-2
+- Fix copy not following symlinks
+
 * Mon Jun 25 2018 Michael Simacek <msimacek@redhat.com> - 3.1.0-1
 - Update to upstream version 3.1.0