diff --git a/test/reuse_problematic_sandbox.sh b/test/reuse_problematic_sandbox.sh
index 2cac0204..93ee3f45 100755
--- a/test/reuse_problematic_sandbox.sh
+++ b/test/reuse_problematic_sandbox.sh
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ try_example_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 #               at the moment, this modification will be caught as illegal by `try`,
 #               but it doesn't seem to both overlayfs at all.
 # TODO: Extend this with more problematic overlayfs modifications.
-touch "$try_example_dir/temproot/bin/foo"
+touch "$try_example_dir/temproot/etc/foo"
 ! "$TRY" -D "$try_example_dir" "rm file_1.txt; echo test2 >>file_2.txt; touch file.txt.gz" 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/test/toplevel-perms.sh b/test/toplevel-perms.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9f654a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/toplevel-perms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+TRY_TOP="${TRY_TOP:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel --show-superproject-working-tree)}"
+TRY="$TRY_TOP/try"
+
+cleanup() {
+    cd /
+
+    if [ -d "$try_workspace" ]
+    then
+        rm -rf "$try_workspace" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "$expected" ]
+    then
+        rm "$expected"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "$target" ]
+    then
+        rm "$target"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "$cmd" ]
+    then
+        rm "$cmd"
+    fi
+}
+
+trap 'cleanup' EXIT
+
+try_workspace="$(mktemp -d)"
+cd "$try_workspace" || return 9
+touch test
+
+cmd="$(mktemp)"
+echo "find / -maxdepth 1 -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld | awk '{print substr(\$1, 1, 10), \$9, \$10, \$11}' | grep -v 'proc' | grep -v 'swap'" > "$cmd"
+# Use this after gidmapper to show user and group ownership
+#echo "find / -maxdepth 1 -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld | awk '{print substr(\$1, 1, 10), \$3, \$4, \$9, \$10, \$11}' | grep -v 'proc' | grep -v 'swap'" > "$cmd"
+
+# Set up expected output
+expected="$(mktemp)"
+sh "$cmd" >"$expected"
+
+# Set up target output
+target="$(mktemp)"
+
+"$TRY" "sh $cmd" > "$target" || return 1
+#diff -q "$expected" "$target"
+diff "$expected" "$target"
diff --git a/try b/try
index aa95f860..dc948f15 100755
--- a/try
+++ b/try
@@ -109,12 +109,15 @@ try() {
     while IFS="" read -r mountpoint
     do
         ## Only make the directory if the original is a directory too
-        if [ -d "$mountpoint" ]
+        if [ -d "$mountpoint" ] && ! [ -L "$mountpoint" ]
         then
-            mkdir -p "${SANDBOX_DIR}/upperdir/${mountpoint}" "${SANDBOX_DIR}/workdir/${mountpoint}" "${SANDBOX_DIR}/temproot/${mountpoint}"
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2174 # warning acknowledged, "When used with -p, -m only applies to the deepest directory."
+            mkdir -m "$(stat -c %a "$mountpoint")" -p "${SANDBOX_DIR}/upperdir/${mountpoint}" "${SANDBOX_DIR}/workdir/${mountpoint}" "${SANDBOX_DIR}/temproot/${mountpoint}"
         fi
     done <"$DIRS_AND_MOUNTS"
 
+    chmod "$(stat -c %a /)" "$SANDBOX_DIR/temproot"
+
     mount_and_execute="$(mktemp)"
     chroot_executable="$(mktemp)"
     try_mount_log="$(mktemp)"
@@ -187,6 +190,13 @@ do
         continue
     fi
 
+    ## Symlinks
+    if [ -L "$mountpoint" ]
+    then
+        ln -s $(readlink "$mountpoint") "$SANDBOX_DIR/temproot/$mountpoint"
+        continue
+    fi
+
     ## Don't do anything for the root and skip if it is /dev or /proc, we will mount it later
     case "$pure_mountpoint" in
         (/|/dev|/proc) continue;;
@@ -273,6 +283,17 @@ EOF
     unshare --mount --map-root-user --user --pid --fork $EXTRA_NS "$mount_and_execute"
     TRY_EXIT_STATUS=$?
 
+    # remove symlink
+    # first set temproot to be writible, rhel derivatives defaults / to r-xr-xr-x
+    chmod 755 "${SANDBOX_DIR}/temproot"
+    while IFS="" read -r mountpoint
+    do
+        if [  -L "$mountpoint" ]
+        then
+            rm "${SANDBOX_DIR}/temproot/${mountpoint}"
+        fi
+    done <"$DIRS_AND_MOUNTS"
+
     ################################################################################
     # commit?