diff --git a/app/models/blob.rb b/app/models/blob.rb
index 874bf58530e52f2dc407ee1d46a408db6502dc12..8a9db8b45ea220e0b2b5214471fbaf8d3dbe55de 100644
--- a/app/models/blob.rb
+++ b/app/models/blob.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class Blob < SimpleDelegator
   include BlobLanguageFromGitAttributes
   include BlobActiveModel
 
+  MODE_SYMLINK = '120000' # The STRING 120000 is the git-reported octal filemode for a symlink
+
   CACHE_TIME = 60 # Cache raw blobs referred to by a (mutable) ref for 1 minute
   CACHE_TIME_IMMUTABLE = 3600 # Cache blobs referred to by an immutable reference for 1 hour
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/blob/_header_content.html.haml b/app/views/projects/blob/_header_content.html.haml
index 32adfb320ffe23c02ce315c86e0b5f345b6a9182..303563489418f0c617236309add2bb0311db2eeb 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/blob/_header_content.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/blob/_header_content.html.haml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   = copy_file_path_button(blob.path)
 
   %small.mr-1
+    - if blob.mode == Blob::MODE_SYMLINK
+      = _('Symbolic link') << ' ·'
     = number_to_human_size(blob.raw_size)
 
   - if blob.stored_externally? && blob.external_storage == :lfs
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/feature-symlink-blob-label.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/feature-symlink-blob-label.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16319d93ff955ab49d0e9ccc57a49626d118ad04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/feature-symlink-blob-label.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add symlink label text to blob viewer
+merge_request: 38220
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index e287cd9d8cb1f483db5091b46af017fd82c80219..4476d6aef2efe734d8cac8dcfbfd44e5ba80fa40 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -23554,6 +23554,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Switch to the source to copy the file contents"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Symbolic link"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Sync information"
 msgstr ""