diff --git a/cf-agent/verify_files.c b/cf-agent/verify_files.c
index fd641def4f..54450593a2 100644
--- a/cf-agent/verify_files.c
+++ b/cf-agent/verify_files.c
@@ -599,9 +599,9 @@ static PromiseResult VerifyFilePromise(EvalContext *ctx, char *path, const Promi
 
 // Once more in case a file has been created as a result of editing or copying
 
-    exists = (stat(changes_path, &osb) != -1);
+    exists = (lstat(changes_path, &osb) != -1);
 
-    if (exists && (S_ISREG(osb.st_mode))
+    if (exists && (S_ISREG(osb.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(osb.st_mode))
         && (!a.haveselect || SelectLeaf(ctx, path, &osb, &(a.select))))
     {
         VerifyFileLeaf(ctx, path, &osb, &a, pp, &result);
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/10_files/10_links/owner-mismatch-link-and-target.cf b/tests/acceptance/10_files/10_links/owner-mismatch-link-and-target.cf
index 5625a4b7c4..1202fab036 100755
--- a/tests/acceptance/10_files/10_links/owner-mismatch-link-and-target.cf
+++ b/tests/acceptance/10_files/10_links/owner-mismatch-link-and-target.cf
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ bundle agent test
       "description" -> { "CFE-3116" }
         string => "Test that promising ownership of symlinks is not confused by target";
 
-      "test_soft_fail"
-        string => "any",
-        meta => { "CFE-3116" };
-
-      # this test isn't super comprehensive, once the issue is fixed, it will
-      # need to be skipped on various platforms, at least windows.
-      # "test_skip_unsupported" string => "windows";
+      "test_skip_unsupported" string => "windows";
 
   files:
        "/tmp/symlink"
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/28_inform_testing/01_files/perms.cf.expected b/tests/acceptance/28_inform_testing/01_files/perms.cf.expected
index 4f0cb75e2f..c45c216d86 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/28_inform_testing/01_files/perms.cf.expected
+++ b/tests/acceptance/28_inform_testing/01_files/perms.cf.expected
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
     info: Regular file '/tmp/TESTDIR.cfengine/foo' had permissions 0600, changed it to 0777
-    info: Symbolic link to regular file '/tmp/TESTDIR.cfengine/baz' had permissions 0600, changed it to 0777
     info: Directory '/tmp/TESTDIR.cfengine/foobar' had permissions 0700, changed it to 0777