diff --git a/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml b/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
index dd22f4c..44d73f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 'additional_files'
 
-on: 
+on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "master"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         scandir: testfiles
 
     - name: Verify check
-      run: | 
+      run: |
         expect="testfiles/scandir/run"
 
         if [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ testfiles/scandir/run ]];then
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
         elif [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ testfiles/scandir/discovery ]];then
           echo "::error:: Expected file testfiles/scandir/discovery not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
           exit 1
-        fi 
\ No newline at end of file
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_together.yml b/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
index f90b346..56e7dc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 'check_together'
 
-on: 
+on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "master"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         check_together: true
 
     - name: Verify check
-      run: | 
+      run: |
         expect="testfiles/test.bash"
         notexpect="testfiles/ignore/ignore.bash"
 
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
         elif [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
           echo "::error:: Expected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
           exit 1
-        fi 
\ No newline at end of file
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml b/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml
index 31ca8a6..4980826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 'ignore_names'
 
-on: 
+on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "master"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         ignore_names: ignore_single_file.sh
 
     - name: Verify check
-      run: | 
+      run: |
         expect="testfiles/test.bash"
         notexpect="testfiles/ignore_single_file.sh"
 
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
           exit 1
         elif [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
-          echo "::error:: Expected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+          echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
           exit 1
-        fi 
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ignore_symlinks.yml b/.github/workflows/ignore_symlinks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9687fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ignore_symlinks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: 'ignore_symlinks'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  ignore_symlinks:
+    name: ignore_symlinks
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - macos-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Run ShellCheck (ignore symbolic links)
+      uses: ./
+      id: check_symlinks_ignored
+      with:
+        ignore_paths: ignore
+        ignore_symlinks: true
+        additional_files: symlink.sh
+
+    - name: Verify check (ignore symbolic links)
+      run: |
+        # Verify that symlink is not included
+        notexpect="testfiles/symlink.sh"
+        if [[ "${{ steps.check_symlinks_ignored.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check_symlinks_ignored.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # Verify that ignored path is not included
+        notexpect="testfiles/ignore/symlink.sh"
+        if [[ "${{ steps.check_symlinks_ignored.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check_symlinks_ignored.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: Run ShellCheck (include symbolic links)
+      uses: ./
+      id: check_symlinks_included
+      with:
+        ignore_paths: ignore
+        ignore_symlinks: false
+        additional_files: symlink.sh
+
+    - name: Verify check (include symbolic links)
+      run: |
+        # Verify that symlink is included
+        expect="testfiles/symlink.sh"
+        if [[ ! "${{ steps.check_symlinks_included.outputs.files }}" =~ $expect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check_symlinks_included.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        # Verify that ignored path is not included
+        notexpect="testfiles/ignore/symlink.sh"
+        if [[ "${{ steps.check_symlinks_included.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Unexpected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check_symlinks_included.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 130781e..43df31c 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Names to ignore when running ShellCheck"
     required: false
     default: ""
+  ignore_symlinks:
+    description: "Ignore files that are symbolic links."
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
   severity:
     description: "Minimum severity of errors to consider. Options: [error, warning, info, style]"
     required: false
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       id: options
       env:
+        INPUT_IGNORE_SYMLINKS: ${{ inputs.ignore_symlinks }}
         INPUT_SEVERITY: ${{ inputs.severity }}
         INPUT_FORMAT: ${{ inputs.format }}
       run: |
@@ -93,6 +98,9 @@ runs:
         if [[ -n "${INPUT_SEVERITY}" ]]; then
           options+=("-S ${INPUT_SEVERITY}")
         fi
+        if [[ "${INPUT_IGNORE_SYMLINKS}" != "true" ]]; then
+          echo "file_options=-L" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
         options+=("--format=${INPUT_FORMAT}")
         echo "options=${options[@]}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@ runs:
       id: check
       env:
         INPUT_SCANDIR: ${{ inputs.scandir }}
-        INPUT_CHECK_TOGETHER: ${{ inputs.check_together }}
+        INPUT_FILE_OPTIONS: ${{ steps.options.outputs.file_options }}
         INPUT_EXCLUDE_ARGS: ${{ steps.exclude.outputs.excludes }}
         INPUT_ADDITIONAL_FILE_ARGS: ${{ steps.additional.outputs.files }}
         INPUT_SHELLCHECK_OPTIONS: ${{ steps.options.outputs.options }}
@@ -161,7 +169,9 @@ runs:
 
         while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
           filepaths+=("$file")
-        done < <(find "${INPUT_SCANDIR}" \
+        done < <(find \
+            ${INPUT_FILE_OPTIONS} \
+            "${INPUT_SCANDIR}" \
             ${INPUT_EXCLUDE_ARGS} \
             -type f \
             '(' \
@@ -198,7 +208,9 @@ runs:
         while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
           head -n1 "$file" | grep -Eqs "$shebangregex" || continue
           filepaths+=("$file")
-        done < <(find "${INPUT_SCANDIR}" \
+        done < <(find \
+            ${INPUT_FILE_OPTIONS} \
+            "${INPUT_SCANDIR}" \
             ${INPUT_EXCLUDE_ARGS} \
             -type f ! -name '*.*' -perm /111 \
             -print0)
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore/symlink.sh b/testfiles/ignore/symlink.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f0ffb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore/symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
diff --git a/testfiles/symlink.sh b/testfiles/symlink.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..978f35e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/symlink.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore/symlink.sh
\ No newline at end of file