diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83c1cc8f715..22574e2a1f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3721,6 +3721,7 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "fluent",
+ "rustix",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "uucore",
 ]
diff --git a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
index 6527ee89a2b..6b4401e3a9d 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/ln/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path = "src/ln.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true }
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["backup-control", "fs"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 fluent = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
index 5fb75a86730..e67bd6f42f3 100644
--- a/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ln/src/ln.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+use std::io;
 #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
 use std::os::unix::fs::symlink;
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -490,9 +492,6 @@ pub fn symlink<P1: AsRef<Path>, P2: AsRef<Path>>(src: P1, dst: P2) -> std::io::R
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
-fn symlink<P1: AsRef<Path>, P2: AsRef<Path>>(_src: P1, _dst: P2) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    Err(std::io::Error::new(
-        std::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-        "symlinks not supported on this platform",
-    ))
+pub fn symlink<P1: AsRef<Path>, P2: AsRef<Path>>(src: P1, dst: P2) -> io::Result<()> {
+    rustix::fs::symlink(src.as_ref(), dst.as_ref()).map_err(io::Error::from)
 }