diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
index c3df0620e..aef65bf4a 100755
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/publishers.py
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ def archive(registry, xml_parent, data):
         successful build
     :arg bool allow-empty:  pass the build if no artifacts are
         found (default false)
+    :arg bool follow-symlinks: follow symbolic links during archiving
+        (default false)
     :arg bool only-if-success: archive artifacts only if build is successful
         (default false)
     :arg bool fingerprint: fingerprint all archived artifacts (default false)
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ def archive(registry, xml_parent, data):
         ("default-excludes", "defaultExcludes", True),
         ("case-sensitive", "caseSensitive", True),
         ("latest-only", "latestOnly", False),
+        ("follow-symlinks", "followSymlinks", False),
     ]
 
     if "excludes" in data:
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive001.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive001.xml
index e95aac653..66f2ab392 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive001.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive001.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <defaultExcludes>false</defaultExcludes>
       <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
       <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+      <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
     </hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver>
   </publishers>
 </project>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive002.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive002.xml
index 8d48f9460..5e52d8d6c 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive002.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive002.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
       <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
       <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+      <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
       <excludes>path</excludes>
     </hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver>
   </publishers>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.xml
index 0b9747362..3720f9f95 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
       <caseSensitive>false</caseSensitive>
       <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+      <followSymlinks>true</followSymlinks>
     </hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver>
   </publishers>
 </project>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.yaml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.yaml
index 00fa79281..64f6c925a 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.yaml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/archive003.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ publishers:
       only-if-success: 'false'
       fingerprint: true
       case-sensitive: false
+      follow-symlinks: true
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher001.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher001.xml
index f0b1a224b..fa8b54b16 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher001.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher001.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
             <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
             <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
           </publisher>
         </org.jenkins__ci.plugins.flexible__publish.ConditionalPublisher>
       </publishers>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher003.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher003.xml
index 8da31ea8a..b75392c61 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher003.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher003.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
               <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
               <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
               <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+              <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
             </hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver>
             <hudson.tasks.test.AggregatedTestResultPublisher>
               <includeFailedBuilds>true</includeFailedBuilds>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher004.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher004.xml
index 91a2e633b..1758f1022 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher004.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher004.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
             <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
             <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
             <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
           </publisher>
         </org.jenkins__ci.plugins.flexible__publish.ConditionalPublisher>
       </publishers>
diff --git a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher005.xml b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher005.xml
index c926661c6..ef0f28ebd 100644
--- a/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher005.xml
+++ b/tests/publishers/fixtures/conditional-publisher005.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
               <defaultExcludes>true</defaultExcludes>
               <caseSensitive>true</caseSensitive>
               <latestOnly>false</latestOnly>
+              <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
             </hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver>
           </publisherList>
         </org.jenkins__ci.plugins.flexible__publish.ConditionalPublisher>
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 05822d942..dceda554c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ commands =
     # test that we can call jjb using both variants with same results
     bash {toxinidir}/tools/test-commands.sh
     pytest {posargs}
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     bash
     find