diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index e0929754..3abde6c9 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -349,19 +349,25 @@ Path EvalState::checkSourcePath(const Path & path_)
 
     bool found = false;
 
+    /* First canonicalize the path without symlinks, so we make sure an
+     * attacker can't append ../../... to a path that would be in allowedPaths
+     * and thus leak symlink targets.
+     */
+    Path abspath = canonPath(path_);
+
     for (auto & i : *allowedPaths) {
-        if (isDirOrInDir(path_, i)) {
+        if (isDirOrInDir(abspath, i)) {
             found = true;
             break;
         }
     }
 
     if (!found)
-        throw RestrictedPathError("access to path '%1%' is forbidden in restricted mode", path_);
+        throw RestrictedPathError("access to path '%1%' is forbidden in restricted mode", abspath);
 
     /* Resolve symlinks. */
-    debug(format("checking access to '%s'") % path_);
-    Path path = canonPath(path_, true);
+    debug(format("checking access to '%s'") % abspath);
+    Path path = canonPath(abspath, true);
 
     for (auto & i : *allowedPaths) {
         if (isDirOrInDir(path, i)) {
diff --git a/tests/restricted.sh b/tests/restricted.sh
index a87d8ec2..e02becc6 100644
--- a/tests/restricted.sh
+++ b/tests/restricted.sh
@@ -38,3 +38,14 @@ ln -sfn $(pwd)/restricted.nix $TEST_ROOT/restricted.nix
 nix-instantiate --eval --restrict-eval $TEST_ROOT/restricted.nix -I $TEST_ROOT -I .
 
 [[ $(nix eval --raw --restrict-eval -I . '(builtins.readFile "${import ./simple.nix}/hello")') == 'Hello World!' ]]
+
+# Check whether we can leak symlink information through directory traversal.
+traverseDir="$(pwd)/restricted-traverse-me"
+ln -sfn "$(pwd)/restricted-secret" "$(pwd)/restricted-innocent"
+mkdir -p "$traverseDir"
+goUp="..$(echo "$traverseDir" | sed -e 's,[^/]\+,..,g')"
+output="$(nix eval --raw --restrict-eval -I "$traverseDir" \
+    "(builtins.readFile \"$traverseDir/$goUp$(pwd)/restricted-innocent\")" \
+    2>&1 || :)"
+echo "$output" | grep "is forbidden"
+! echo "$output" | grep -F restricted-secret