diff --git a/neo/rawio/plexon2rawio/plexon2rawio.py b/neo/rawio/plexon2rawio/plexon2rawio.py
index 58995f5ea..33a876bf7 100644
--- a/neo/rawio/plexon2rawio/plexon2rawio.py
+++ b/neo/rawio/plexon2rawio/plexon2rawio.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def __init__(self, filename, pl2_dll_file_path=None, reading_attempts=25):
 
         # note that this filename is used in self._source_name
         self.filename = pathlib.Path(filename)
+        if self.filename.is_symlink():
+            self.filename = self.filename.resolve()
 
         if (not self.filename.exists()) or (not self.filename.is_file()):
             raise ValueError(f"{self.filename} is not a file.")