diff --git a/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim b/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
index 1610d098..ea8a454f 100644
--- a/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
+++ b/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ function! s:findAndRevealPath(pathStr) abort
     endif
 
     try
-        let l:pathStr = g:NERDTreePath.Resolve(l:pathStr)
+        if g:NERDTreeFindResolveSymlinks
+            let l:pathStr = g:NERDTreePath.Resolve(l:pathStr)
+        endif
         let l:pathObj = g:NERDTreePath.New(l:pathStr)
     catch /^NERDTree.InvalidArgumentsError/
         call nerdtree#echoWarning('invalid path')
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index 73085d01..51806e74 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let g:NERDTreeShowHidden            = get(g:, 'NERDTreeShowHidden',            0
 let g:NERDTreeShowLineNumbers       = get(g:, 'NERDTreeShowLineNumbers',       0)
 let g:NERDTreeSortDirs              = get(g:, 'NERDTreeSortDirs',              1)
 let g:NERDTreeFileLines             = get(g:, 'NERDTreeFileLines',             0)
-
+let g:NERDTreeFindResolveSymlinks   = get(g:, 'NERDTreeFindResolveSymlinks',   1)
 
 if !nerdtree#runningWindows() && !nerdtree#runningCygwin()
     let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable  = get(g:, 'NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable',  '▸')