diff --git a/src/archiver.rs b/src/archiver.rs
index b4e86c2..6239a8e 100644
--- a/src/archiver.rs
+++ b/src/archiver.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 
 use crate::backend::DecryptWriteBackend;
-use crate::blob::{BlobType, Node, NodeType, Packer, Tree};
+use crate::blob::{BlobType, Metadata, Node, NodeType, Packer, Tree};
 use crate::chunker::ChunkIter;
 use crate::crypto::hash;
 use crate::index::{Indexer, ReadIndex};
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ impl<BE: DecryptWriteBackend, I: ReadIndex> Archiver<BE, I> {
                 self.stack.push((node, tree));
                 return Ok(());
             } else {
-                self.stack.push((Node::new_dir(p.to_os_string()), tree));
+                self.stack
+                    .push((Node::new_dir(p.to_os_string(), Metadata::default()), tree));
             }
 
             println!("add tree {:?}, path: {:?}", p, self.path);
diff --git a/src/backend/node.rs b/src/backend/node.rs
index 7c240d5..edc9523 100644
--- a/src/backend/node.rs
+++ b/src/backend/node.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 use derive_getters::Getters;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ pub enum NodeType {
     Device { device: u64 },
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Getters)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Constructor, Getters)]
 pub struct Metadata {
     #[serde(default)]
     size: u64,
@@ -56,23 +57,35 @@ pub struct Metadata {
 }
 
 impl Node {
-    pub fn new_file(name: OsString) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_file(name: OsString, meta: Metadata) -> Self {
         Self {
             name: name.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
             node_type: NodeType::File,
             content: Vec::new(),
             subtree: None,
-            meta: Metadata::default(),
+            meta,
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_dir(name: OsString) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_dir(name: OsString, meta: Metadata) -> Self {
         Self {
             name: name.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
             node_type: NodeType::Dir,
             content: Vec::new(),
             subtree: None,
-            meta: Metadata::default(),
+            meta,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_symlink(name: OsString, target: PathBuf, meta: Metadata) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            name: name.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
+            node_type: NodeType::Symlink {
+                linktarget: target.to_str().expect("no unicode").to_string(),
+            },
+            content: Vec::new(),
+            subtree: None,
+            meta,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/backup.rs b/src/commands/backup.rs
index afca9d8..e7b6e90 100644
--- a/src/commands/backup.rs
+++ b/src/commands/backup.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::{read_link, File};
 use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ use path_absolutize::*;
 
 use crate::archiver::Archiver;
 use crate::backend::DecryptFullBackend;
-use crate::blob::Node;
+use crate::blob::{Metadata, Node};
 use crate::index::IndexBackend;
 use crate::repo::ConfigFile;
 
@@ -45,14 +46,31 @@ fn backup_file(backup_path: PathBuf, poly: &u64, be: &impl DecryptFullBackend) -
     for entry in wb.build() {
         let entry = entry?;
         let name = entry.file_name().to_os_string();
-        let file_type = entry.file_type().unwrap();
-        let (node, r) = if file_type.is_dir() {
-            let f = File::open(&entry.path())?;
-            (Node::new_dir(name), Some(BufReader::new(f)))
-        } else {
-            (Node::new_file(name), None)
-        };
+        let m = entry.metadata()?;
 
+        let meta = Metadata::new(
+            m.len(),
+            m.modified().ok().map(|t| t.into()),
+            m.accessed().ok().map(|t| t.into()),
+            m.created().ok().map(|t| t.into()),
+            m.mode(),
+            m.uid(),
+            m.gid(),
+            "".to_string(),
+            "".to_string(),
+            m.ino(),
+            m.dev(),
+            m.nlink(),
+        );
+        let (node, r) = if m.is_dir() {
+            (Node::new_dir(name, meta), None)
+        } else if m.is_symlink() {
+            let target = read_link(entry.path())?;
+            (Node::new_symlink(name, target, meta), None)
+        } else {
+            let f = File::open(&entry.path())?;
+            (Node::new_file(name, meta), Some(BufReader::new(f)))
+        };
         archiver.add_entry(entry.path(), node, r)?;
     }
     archiver.finalize_snapshot(backup_path)?;