diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 80220cc84..f74b1e00d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync --frozen
       - name: Run pytest
         run:
-          uv run poe test --cov=./ --cov-report=xml -ra
+          uv run poe test --cov=./ --cov-report=xml -ra -s -k test_symlink_not_followed
           ${PYTEST_XDIST_MAXPROCESSES:+--maxprocesses=$PYTEST_XDIST_MAXPROCESSES} .
         env:
           PYTEST_XDIST_MAXPROCESSES: ${{ matrix.pytest-xdist-maxprocesses }}
diff --git a/copier/_main.py b/copier/_main.py
index fabbe2c2f..afe2c1207 100644
--- a/copier/_main.py
+++ b/copier/_main.py
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ def _render_template(self) -> None:
                 Path(src_abspath).relative_to(self.template_copy_root)
             )
             for dst_relpath, ctx in dst_relpaths_ctxs:
+                print(">>>", src_relpath, "->", dst_relpath, file=sys.stderr)
                 dst_abspath = dst_root / dst_relpath
                 if dst_abspath.is_symlink() and self.template.preserve_symlinks:
                     # If destination path is a symlink, it can safely point outside the
diff --git a/tests/test_symlinks.py b/tests/test_symlinks.py
index 0113ed538..86cc22e2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_symlinks.py
+++ b/tests/test_symlinks.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import os
+import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from plumbum import local
 
 from copier import run_copy, run_update
-from copier.errors import DirtyLocalWarning
+from copier.errors import DirtyLocalWarning, ForbiddenPathError
 
 from .helpers import build_file_tree, git
 
@@ -569,3 +570,40 @@ def test_symlinked_to_outside_destination_relative(
     assert (dst / "symlink_dir" / "outside.txt").read_text() == "outside"
     assert (dst / "a_symlink.txt").is_symlink()
     assert (dst / "a_symlink.txt").read_text() == "outside"
+
+
+def test_symlink_not_followed(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> None:
+    src, dst, other = map(tmp_path_factory.mktemp, ("src", "dst", "other"))
+    build_file_tree(
+        {
+            src / "copier.yaml": """\
+            _preserve_symlinks: true
+            """,
+            # HACK: The `{% yield %}` tag is used to ensure the order in which the
+            # symlink and the generated file path are created, so the symlink is
+            # guaranteed to exist when the file is created, such that generating the
+            # `outside.txt` file might follow the symlink to its target location
+            # outside the destination root which is forbidden.
+            src
+            / "{% yield i from [1, 2] %}.{% endyield %}"
+            / "{% if i == 1 %}symlink{% endif %}": other,
+            src
+            / "{% yield i from [1, 2] %}.{% endyield %}"
+            / "{% if i == 2 %}{{ pathjoin('symlink', 'outside.txt') }}{% endif %}": "overwritten",
+            other / "outside.txt": "outside",
+        }
+    )
+
+    with local.cwd(src):
+        git("init")
+        git("add", "-A")
+        git("commit", "-m", "init")
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ForbiddenPathError,
+        match=re.escape('"symlink/outside.txt" is forbidden'),
+    ):
+        run_copy(str(src), dst, defaults=True, overwrite=True)
+
+    assert (dst / "symlink").is_symlink()
+    assert (dst / "symlink" / "outside.txt").read_text() == "outside"