diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 9f3131b0660..03e6b7ad4ca 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ module.exports = {
       path.resolve(info.absoluteResourcePath).replace(/\\/g, '/'),
   },
   resolve: {
+    // This will tell webpack to not resolve symlinks to actual folders
+    // Symlinks into `src` folder will work with this option
+    // default value is set to `true`
+    symlinks: false,
     // This allows you to set a fallback for where Webpack should look for modules.
     // We placed these paths second because we want `node_modules` to "win"
     // if there are any conflicts. This matches Node resolution mechanism.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 3b2a2068db2..fb0451102a2 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ module.exports = {
         .replace(/\\/g, '/'),
   },
   resolve: {
+    // This will tell webpack to not resolve symlinks to actual folders
+    // Symlinks into `src` folder will work with this option
+    // default value is set to `true`
+    symlinks: false,
     // This allows you to set a fallback for where Webpack should look for modules.
     // We placed these paths second because we want `node_modules` to "win"
     // if there are any conflicts. This matches Node resolution mechanism.