diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/search.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/search.go
index 799c48e50a8..771968d0234 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/search.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modload/search.go
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ func matchPackages(ctx context.Context, m *search.Match, tags map[string]bool, f
 	)
 
 	walkPkgs := func(root, importPathRoot string, prune pruning) {
+		// Follow root if it's a symlink so path == root comparisons don't
+		// spuriously fail when root is a symlink and it points to path.
+		if r, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(root); err == nil {
+			root = r
+		}
 		root = filepath.Clean(root)
 		err := fsys.Walk(root, func(path string, fi fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work_root_is_symlink.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work_root_is_symlink.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1c0b46b679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/work_root_is_symlink.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Test that cmd/go follows the symlink and properly determines
+# the module boundary when the working directory is a symlink.
+
+[!symlink] skip
+
+symlink worksym -> workspace
+cd worksym
+go list all
+stdout example.com/workspace
+
+-- workspace/go.work --
+go 1.18
+
+use .
+-- workspace/go.mod --
+module example.com/workspace
+
+go  1.18
+-- workspace/pkg.go --
+package workspace
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