diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index a293a049247274..90e3443a98d50f 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ def gettarinfo(self, name=None, arcname=None, fileobj=None):
             type = FIFOTYPE
         elif stat.S_ISLNK(stmd):
             type = SYMTYPE
-            linkname = os.readlink(name)
+            linkname = os.readlink(name).replace(os.sep, "/")
         elif stat.S_ISCHR(stmd):
             type = CHRTYPE
         elif stat.S_ISBLK(stmd):