diff --git a/src/lint/engine/ArcanistLintEngine.php b/src/lint/engine/ArcanistLintEngine.php
--- a/src/lint/engine/ArcanistLintEngine.php
+++ b/src/lint/engine/ArcanistLintEngine.php
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@
     return ArcanistDiffUtils::isHeuristicBinaryFile($data);
   }
 
+  final public function isSymbolicLink($path) {
+    return is_link($this->getFilePathOnDisk($path));
+  }
+
   final public function getFilePathOnDisk($path) {
     return Filesystem::resolvePath(
       $path,
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFilenameLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFilenameLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFilenameLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistFilenameLinter.php
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  public function shouldLintSymbolicLinks() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistLinter.php
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@
         continue;
       }
 
+      if (!$this->shouldLintSymbolicLinks() && $engine->isSymbolicLink($path)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       $keep[] = $path;
     }
 
@@ -442,6 +446,10 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  protected function shouldLintSymbolicLinks() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Map a configuration lint code to an `arc` lint code. Primarily, this is
    * intended for validation, but can also be used to normalize case or