diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2826be..393712f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ to the expected behavior.
   now reports an error for non-regular sources.
 * Fix for [#206](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/206), Windows error
   formatting now handles unknown error codes safely.
+* Fix for [#207](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/207),
+  `last_write_time()` now consistently follows symlinks.
 * Fix for [#185](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem/issues/185),
   `lexically_normal()` now preserves unresolved parent components in relative
   paths.
diff --git a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
index a554f10..3334dd9 100644
--- a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
@@ -4713,9 +4713,9 @@ GHC_INLINE void last_write_time(const path& p, file_time_type new_time, std::err
     times[1].tv_sec = static_cast<decltype(times[1].tv_sec)>(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(d).count());
     times[1].tv_nsec = static_cast<decltype(times[1].tv_nsec)>(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(d).count() % 1000000000);
 #if defined(__ANDROID_API__) && __ANDROID_API__ < 12
-    if (syscall(__NR_utimensat, AT_FDCWD, p.c_str(), times, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0) {
+    if (syscall(__NR_utimensat, AT_FDCWD, p.c_str(), times, 0) != 0) {
 #else
-    if (::utimensat((int)AT_FDCWD, p.c_str(), times, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0) {
+    if (::utimensat((int)AT_FDCWD, p.c_str(), times, 0) != 0) {
 #endif
         ec = detail::make_system_error();
     }
diff --git a/test/filesystem_test.cpp b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
index fa3172e..50caacf 100644
--- a/test/filesystem_test.cpp
+++ b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
@@ -2568,6 +2568,24 @@ TEST_CASE("fs.op.last_write_time - last_write_time", "[filesystem][operations][f
     CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::last_write_time("foo", nt, ec));
     CHECK(std::abs(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(fs::last_write_time("foo") - nt).count()) < 1);
     CHECK(!ec);
+    if (is_symlink_creation_supported()) {
+#if !defined(GHC_OS_WINDOWS) && !defined(GHC_OS_WEB)
+        struct ::stat linkStatBefore;
+        REQUIRE(::lstat("foo2", &linkStatBefore) == 0);
+#endif
+        nt = timeFromString("2015-10-21T04:28:00");
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::last_write_time("foo2", nt));
+        CHECK(std::abs(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(fs::last_write_time("foo") - nt).count()) < 1);
+        nt = timeFromString("2015-10-21T04:27:00");
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::last_write_time("foo2", nt, ec));
+        CHECK(!ec);
+        CHECK(std::abs(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(fs::last_write_time("foo") - nt).count()) < 1);
+#if !defined(GHC_OS_WINDOWS) && !defined(GHC_OS_WEB)
+        struct ::stat linkStatAfter;
+        REQUIRE(::lstat("foo2", &linkStatAfter) == 0);
+        CHECK(linkStatAfter.st_mtime == linkStatBefore.st_mtime);
+#endif
+    }
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(fs::last_write_time("bar", nt), fs::filesystem_error);
     CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::last_write_time("bar", nt, ec));
     CHECK(ec);