diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d049c7b..636e6e7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class VirtualBox {
     if (opts.writable === false || opts.readonly) args.push('--readonly')
     if (opts.transient) args.push('--transient')
 
-    this.command(args, done)
+    this.command(args, function () {
+      const args2 = ['setextradata', 'default', 'VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/' + name, '1']
+      this.command(args2, done)
+    })
   }
 
   removeShare() {