diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
index 8eb75fca62a4..8ebba9b9c650 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Finder.php
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ public function in($dirs)
 
         foreach ((array) $dirs as $dir) {
             if (is_dir($dir)) {
-                $resolvedDirs[] = $dir;
+                $resolvedDirs[] = $this->normalizeDir($dir);
             } elseif ($glob = glob($dir, (defined('GLOB_BRACE') ? GLOB_BRACE : 0) | GLOB_ONLYDIR)) {
-                $resolvedDirs = array_merge($resolvedDirs, $glob);
+                $resolvedDirs = array_merge($resolvedDirs, array_map(array($this, 'normalizeDir'), $glob));
             } else {
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The "%s" directory does not exist.', $dir));
             }
@@ -794,4 +794,16 @@ private function resetAdapterSelection()
             return $properties;
         }, $this->adapters);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalizes given directory names by removing trailing slashes.
+     *
+     * @param string $dir
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function normalizeDir($dir)
+    {
+        return rtrim($dir, '/'.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
index 2cf3a27fa9f6..19f95e26be69 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SplFileInfo extends \SplFileInfo
      */
     public function __construct($file, $relativePath, $relativePathname)
     {
-        parent::__construct(realpath($file) ?: $file);
+        parent::__construct($file);
         $this->relativePath = $relativePath;
         $this->relativePathname = $relativePathname;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
index dd90c4e844b8..b240728c9681 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/FinderTest.php
@@ -50,15 +50,40 @@ public function testFiles()
 
     public function testRemoveTrailingSlash()
     {
-        if ('\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('This test cannot be run on Windows.');
+        $finder = $this->buildFinder();
+
+        $expected = $this->toAbsolute(array('foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'foo bar'));
+        $in = self::$tmpDir.'//';
+
+        $this->assertIterator($expected, $finder->in($in)->files()->getIterator());
+    }
+
+    public function testSymlinksNotResolved()
+    {
+        if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('symlinks are not supported on Windows');
         }
 
         $finder = $this->buildFinder();
 
-        $expected = $this->toAbsolute(array('foo/bar.tmp', 'test.php', 'test.py', 'foo bar'));
-        $in = '//'.realpath(self::$tmpDir).'//';
+        symlink($this->toAbsolute('foo'), $this->toAbsolute('baz'));
+        $expected = $this->toAbsolute(array('baz/bar.tmp'));
+        $in = self::$tmpDir.'/baz/';
+        try {
+            $this->assertIterator($expected, $finder->in($in)->files()->getIterator());
+            unlink($this->toAbsolute('baz'));
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            unlink($this->toAbsolute('baz'));
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testBackPathNotNormalized()
+    {
+        $finder = $this->buildFinder();
 
+        $expected = $this->toAbsolute(array('foo/../foo/bar.tmp'));
+        $in = self::$tmpDir.'/foo/../foo/';
         $this->assertIterator($expected, $finder->in($in)->files()->getIterator());
     }
 
@@ -279,7 +304,7 @@ public function testInWithNonExistentDirectory()
     public function testInWithGlob()
     {
         $finder = $this->buildFinder();
-        $finder->in(array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/*/B/C', __DIR__.'/Fixtures/*/*/B/C'))->getIterator();
+        $finder->in(array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/*/B/C/', __DIR__.'/Fixtures/*/*/B/C/'))->getIterator();
 
         $this->assertIterator($this->toAbsoluteFixtures(array('A/B/C/abc.dat', 'copy/A/B/C/abc.dat.copy')), $finder);
     }
@@ -518,8 +543,8 @@ public function testMultipleLocationsWithSubDirectories()
         $finder->in($locations)->depth('< 10')->name('*.neon');
 
         $expected = array(
-            __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Fixtures'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'one'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'b'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'c.neon',
-            __DIR__.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Fixtures'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'one'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'b'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'d.neon',
+            __DIR__.'/Fixtures/one'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'b'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'c.neon',
+            __DIR__.'/Fixtures/one'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'b'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'d.neon',
         );
 
         $this->assertIterator($expected, $finder);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/FilePathsIteratorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/FilePathsIteratorTest.php
index 3c805086afec..fdf810bebd3d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/FilePathsIteratorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Tests/Iterator/FilePathsIteratorTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function testSubPath($baseDir, array $paths, array $subPaths, array $subP
 
     public function getSubPathData()
     {
-        $tmpDir = sys_get_temp_dir().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'symfony_finder';
+        $tmpDir = sys_get_temp_dir().'/symfony_finder';
 
         return array(
             array(