diff --git a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
index bc417e8..e1781d0 100644
--- a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
@@ -4085,7 +4085,9 @@ GHC_INLINE void copy_symlink(const path& existing_symlink, const path& new_symli
     ec.clear();
     auto to = read_symlink(existing_symlink, ec);
     if (!ec) {
-        if (exists(to, ec) && is_directory(to, ec)) {
+        // Relative targets are relative to the source link parent (#211).
+        path lookup = to.is_absolute() ? to : (existing_symlink.parent_path() / to);
+        if (exists(lookup, ec) && is_directory(lookup, ec)) {
             create_directory_symlink(to, new_symlink, ec);
         }
         else {
diff --git a/test/filesystem_test.cpp b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
index 649f1d7..d1c1188 100644
--- a/test/filesystem_test.cpp
+++ b/test/filesystem_test.cpp
@@ -1918,6 +1918,18 @@ TEST_CASE("fs.op.copy_symlink - copy_symlink", "[filesystem][operations][fs.op.c
         CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::copy_symlink("sdir", "sdirc2", ec));
         CHECK(fs::exists("sdirc2"));
         CHECK(!ec);
+
+        // Relative targets must be resolved against the source link parent
+        // (not cwd) when classifying directory vs file links on Windows.
+        fs::create_directories("nested/dir");
+        fs::create_directory_symlink("dir", "nested/slink");
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::copy_symlink("nested/slink", "nested/slink_copy"));
+        CHECK(fs::read_symlink("nested/slink_copy") == "dir");
+        CHECK(fs::is_directory("nested/slink_copy"));
+        CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::copy_symlink("nested/slink", "nested/slink_copy2", ec));
+        CHECK(!ec);
+        CHECK(fs::read_symlink("nested/slink_copy2") == "dir");
+        CHECK(fs::is_directory("nested/slink_copy2"));
     }
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(fs::copy_symlink("bar", "barc"), fs::filesystem_error);
     CHECK_NOTHROW(fs::copy_symlink("bar", "barc", ec));