diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index dcef5c64aeb99..cd84ad41b077f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Filesystem;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Exception\IOException;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\ExecutableFinder;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\ProcessBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Provides basic utility to manipulate the file system.
@@ -311,6 +313,13 @@ public function symlink($originDir, $targetDir, $copyOnWindows = false)
             }
         }
 
+
+        if ($this->existsJunctionExecutable()) {
+            $this->createWindowsJunction($originDir, $targetDir);
+            $ok = true;
+        }
+
+
         if (!$ok && true !== @symlink($originDir, $targetDir)) {
             $report = error_get_last();
             if (is_array($report)) {
@@ -322,6 +331,35 @@ public function symlink($originDir, $targetDir, $copyOnWindows = false)
         }
     }
 
+    protected function existsJunctionExecutable()
+    {
+        if ($this->getJunctionExecutable()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected function getJunctionExecutable()
+    {
+        $executableFinder = new ExecutableFinder();
+
+        return $executableFinder->find('junction');
+    }
+
+    protected function createWindowsJunction($originDir, $targetDir)
+    {
+        $junction = $this->getJunctionExecutable();
+
+        $processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+        $process = $processBuilder
+            ->setPrefix($junction)
+            ->setArguments(array($targetDir, $originDir))
+            ->getProcess()
+        ;
+        $process->run();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Given an existing path, convert it to a path relative to a given starting path.
      *