diff --git a/pagure/ui/repo.py b/pagure/ui/repo.py
index d883870..a9a6fad 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/repo.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/repo.py
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ def view_repo(repo, username=None):
         name, ext = os.path.splitext(i.name)
         if name == 'README':
             content = repo_obj[i.oid].data
+            # If it's a (sane) symlink, we try a single-level dereference
+            if i.filemode == pygit2.GIT_FILEMODE_LINK \
+                    and os.path.normpath(content) == content \
+                    and not os.path.isabs(content):
+                try:
+                    dereferenced = last_commits[0].tree[content]
+                except KeyError:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    if dereferenced.filemode == pygit2.GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB:
+                        content = repo_obj[dereferenced.oid].data
             readme, safe = pagure.doc_utils.convert_readme(
                 content, ext,
                 view_file_url=flask.url_for(