diff --git a/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx b/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
index 70e6089add..ef55abfd14 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCopier.cxx
@@ -647,7 +647,10 @@ bool cmFileCopier::InstallDirectory(const std::string& source,
 {
   // Inform the user about this directory installation.
   this->ReportCopy(destination, TypeDir,
-                   !cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(destination));
+                   !( // Report "Up-to-date:" for existing directories,
+                      // but not symlinks to them.
+                     cmSystemTools::FileIsDirectory(destination) &&
+                     !cmSystemTools::FileIsSymlink(destination)));
 
   // check if default dir creation permissions were set
   mode_t default_dir_mode_v = 0;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-all-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-all-stdout.txt
index e69ef02bc2..db8ca1086a 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-all-stdout.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-all-stdout.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-build/root-all/dest/dir/file
 -- Installing: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-build/root-all/dest/lnk
--- Up-to-date: [^
+-- Installing: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-build/root-all/dest/lnk
 -- Up-to-date: [^
 ]*/Tests/RunCMake/install/DIRECTORY-symlink-clobber-build/root-all/dest/lnk/file