diff --git a/ghost/zip/test/zip.test.js b/ghost/zip/test/zip.test.js
index 39e659e8d5..17c63d9967 100644
--- a/ghost/zip/test/zip.test.js
+++ b/ghost/zip/test/zip.test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Compress and Extract should be opposite functions', function () {
     });
 
     it('ensure symlinks work', function (done) {
-        fs.symlink(folderToSymlink, symlinkPath);
+        fs.symlinkSync(folderToSymlink, symlinkPath);
 
         let originalHash;