diff --git a/internal/gitaly/config/config.go b/internal/gitaly/config/config.go
index 5b02d15bfe9021d217f2d72b1faf4d7c2a0158f9..1bdb7e25ee4bfad216750ff21e7d863ca52b83f3 100644
--- a/internal/gitaly/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/gitaly/config/config.go
@@ -934,9 +934,40 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) configurePackObjectsCache() error {
 		return errPackObjectsCacheRelativePath
 	}
 
+	realPath, err := evalSymlink(poc.Dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pack_objects_cache.dir symlink cannot be resolved: %w", err)
+	}
+	poc.Dir = realPath
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+func evalSymlink(path string) (string, error) {
+	// check if path is a symlink
+	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
+		// path is not a symlink
+		return path, nil
+	}
+
+	realPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// the evaluated path can be relative
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(realPath) {
+		return filepath.Abs(realPath)
+	}
+
+	return realPath, nil
+}
+
 // SetupRuntimeDirectory creates a new runtime directory. Runtime directory contains internal
 // runtime data generated by Gitaly such as the internal sockets. If cfg.RuntimeDir is set,
 // it's used as the parent directory for the runtime directory. Runtime directory owner process