diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/pluginHandlers.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/pluginHandlers.js
index 24cda4da..8008dcbc 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/pluginHandlers.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/pluginHandlers.js
@@ -214,10 +214,17 @@ function copyFile (plugin_dir, src, project_dir, dest, link) {
         throw new CordovaError('Destination "' + dest + '" for source file "' + src + '" is located outside the project');
 
     shell.mkdir('-p', path.dirname(dest));
-
+    var srcStat = fs.statSync(src);
     if (link) {
-        fs.symlinkSync(path.relative(path.dirname(dest), src), dest);
-    } else if (fs.statSync(src).isDirectory()) {
+        //CB-11683 We need to handle linking to directories on our own because Windows doesn't.
+        var type;
+        if (srcStat.isDirectory()) {
+            type = 'dir';
+        } else {
+            type = 'file';
+        }
+        fs.symlinkSync(path.relative(path.dirname(dest), src), dest, type);
+    } else if (srcStat.isDirectory()) {
         // XXX shelljs decides to create a directory when -R|-r is used which sucks. http://goo.gl/nbsjq
         shell.cp('-Rf', src+'/*', dest);
     } else {