diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Container.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Container.php
index 3b1865b..fc093f3 100644
--- a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Container.php
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Container.php
@@ -156,6 +156,35 @@ public function createDir($path, $recursive = false, $mode = null)
         return $newDirectory;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates link at given path
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param $destination
+     *
+     * @return Structure\File
+     *
+     */
+    public function createLink($path, $destination)
+    {
+
+        $destination = $this->fileAt($destination);
+
+        try {
+            $file = $this->fileAt($path);
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('%s already exists', $path));
+        } catch (NotFoundException $e) {
+
+        }
+
+        $parent =  $this->fileAt(dirname($path));
+
+        $parent->addLink($newLink = $this->factory()->getLink(basename($path), $destination));
+
+        return $newLink;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates file at given path
      *
diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Factory.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Factory.php
index 9e4230d..1ce9161 100644
--- a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Factory.php
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Factory.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Node;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Root;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\File;
+use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Link;
 
 /**
  * Factory class to encapsulate object creation.
@@ -116,4 +117,17 @@ public function getFile($basename)
     {
         return $this->updateMetadata(new File($basename));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates Link object.
+     *
+     * @param string $basename
+     * @param Structure\Node $destination
+     *
+     * @return Link
+     */
+    public function getLink($basename, Node $destination)
+    {
+        return $this->updateMetadata(new Link($basename, $destination));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.php
index ebbbd36..7b005d0 100644
--- a/src/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.php
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/FileSystem.php
@@ -161,4 +161,17 @@ public function createStructure(array $structure)
     {
         $this->container()->createStructure($structure);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and returns a link
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param $destinationPath
+     *
+     * @return Link
+     */
+    public function createLink($path, $destinationPath)
+    {
+        return $this->container()->createLink($path, $destinationPath);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Directory.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Directory.php
index f496922..5f0a65d 100644
--- a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Directory.php
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Directory.php
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ public function addFile(File $file)
         $this->addNode($file);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds child Link.
+     *
+     * @param Link $link
+     */
+    public function addLink(Link $link)
+    {
+        $this->addNode($link);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds child Node.
      *
diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Link.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Link.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a034df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/Link.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the php-vfs package.
+ *
+ * (c) Michael Donat <michael.donat@me.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace VirtualFileSystem\Structure;
+
+/**
+ * Object representation of a Link.
+ *
+ * @author Michael Donat <michael.donat@me.com>
+ * @package php-vfs
+ */
+class Link extends Node
+{
+    /**
+     * @see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/lstat.2.html
+     */
+    const S_IFTYPE   = 0120000;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Node
+     */
+    protected $destination;
+
+    /**
+     * Class constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string $basename
+     */
+    public function __construct($basename, Node $destination)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($basename);
+        $this->destination = $destination;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Link size.
+     *
+     * The size is the length of the destination path
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function size()
+    {
+        return $this->destination->size();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Node
+     */
+    public function getDestination()
+    {
+        return $this->destination;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Wrapper.php b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Wrapper.php
index 0f4d95a..c9ca898 100644
--- a/src/VirtualFileSystem/Wrapper.php
+++ b/src/VirtualFileSystem/Wrapper.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Directory;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\File;
+use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Link;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Root;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Wrapper\FileHandler;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Wrapper\DirectoryHandler;
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ public function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path)
 
         $file = $container->fileAt($path);
 
+        if($file instanceof Link) {
+            $file = $file->getDestination();
+        }
+
         if (($extended || $writeMode || $appendMode) && $file instanceof Directory) {
             if ($options & STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS) {
                 trigger_error(sprintf('fopen(%s): failed to open stream: Is a directory', $path), E_USER_WARNING);
diff --git a/tests/VirtualFileSystem/ContainerTest.php b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/ContainerTest.php
index 6e2af12..a8348b2 100644
--- a/tests/VirtualFileSystem/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/ContainerTest.php
@@ -237,4 +237,27 @@ public function testRemoveThrowsWhenDeletingDirectoriesWithRecursiveFlag()
 
         $container->remove('/dir');
     }
+
+    public function testLinkCreation()
+    {
+        $container = new Container(new Factory());
+        $container->createFile('/file');
+        $container->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Link', $container->fileAt('/link'));
+
+    }
+
+    public function testLinkCreationThrowsWhenTryingToOverride()
+    {
+        $container = new Container(new Factory());
+
+        $container->createFile('/file');
+        $container->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('\RuntimeException');
+
+        $container->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/LinkTest.php b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/LinkTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfcc9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/Structure/LinkTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace VirtualFileSystem\Structure;
+
+class LinkTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testFileSizeAssumesTargetSize()
+    {
+        $node = new File('file');
+        $node->setData('12345');
+
+        $link = new Link('link', $node);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($node->size(), $link->size());
+
+        $dir = new Directory('/d');
+
+        $link = new Link('link', $dir);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($dir->size(), $dir->size());
+
+        $dir->addFile($node);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($dir->size(), $dir->size());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/VirtualFileSystem/WrapperTest.php b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/WrapperTest.php
index e8687e8..cb13519 100644
--- a/tests/VirtualFileSystem/WrapperTest.php
+++ b/tests/VirtualFileSystem/WrapperTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Directory;
 use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\File;
+use VirtualFileSystem\Structure\Link;
 
 class WrapperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -67,6 +68,15 @@ public function testIsDir()
 
     }
 
+    public function testIsLink()
+    {
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $fs->root()->addDirectory($d = new Directory('dir'));
+        $d->addLink(new Link('link', $d));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_link($fs->path('/dir/link')));
+    }
+
     public function testIsFile()
     {
         $fs = new FileSystem();
@@ -1210,6 +1220,97 @@ public function testTouchNotAllowedIfNotOwnerOrNotWritable()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testLchown() {
+
+        if ($this->uid == 0) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(
+                'No point testing if user is already root. \Php unit shouldn\'t be run as root user. (Unless you are a windows user!)'
+            );
+        }
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $directory = $fs->createDirectory('/dir');
+        $link = new Link('link', $directory);
+        $directory->addLink($link);
+
+        $fs->container()->setPermissionHelper(new Wrapper\PermissionHelper(0, 0)); //forcing user to root
+
+        lchown($fs->path('/dir/link'), 'root');
+        $this->assertEquals('root', posix_getpwuid(fileowner($fs->path('/dir/link')))['name']);
+
+    }
+
+    public function testLchgrp()
+    {
+        if ($this->uid == 0) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(
+                'No point testing if group is already root. Php unit shouldn\'t be run as root group. (Unless you are on Windows - then we skip)'
+            );
+        }
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $directory = $fs->createDirectory('/dir');
+        $link = new Link('link', $directory);
+        $directory->addLink($link);
+
+        $fs->container()->setPermissionHelper(new Wrapper\PermissionHelper(0, 0)); //forcing user to root
+
+        //lets workout available group
+        //this is needed to find string name of group root belongs to
+        $group = posix_getgrgid(posix_getpwuid(0)['gid'])['name'];
+
+        chgrp($fs->path('/dir/link'), $group);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($group, posix_getgrgid(filegroup($fs->path('/dir/link')))['name']);
+    }
+
+    public function testFileCopy() {
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $fs->createFile('/file', 'data');
+
+        copy($fs->path('/file'), $fs->path('/file2'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(file_exists($fs->path('/file2')));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('data', $fs->container()->fileAt('/file2')->data());
+
+    }
+
+    public function testLinkCopyCreatesHardCopyOfFile() {
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $fs->createFile('/file', 'data');
+        $fs->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+        copy($fs->path('/link'), $fs->path('/file2'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue(file_exists($fs->path('/file2')));
+        $this->assertEquals('data', $fs->container()->fileAt('/file2')->data());
+
+    }
+
+    public function testLinkReading() {
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $fs->createFile('/file', 'data');
+        $fs->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('data', file_get_contents($fs->path('/link')));
+    }
+
+    public function tetsLinkWriting() {
+
+        $fs = new FileSystem();
+        $fs->createFile('/file', 'ubots!');
+        $fs->createLink('/link', '/file');
+
+        file_put_contents($fs->path('/link'), 'data');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('data', file_get_contents($fs->path('/link')));
+
+    }
+
     public function testIsExecutableReturnsCorrectly()
     {
         $fs = new FileSystem();