diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 9d2184d6a..1d6bcbe48 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -2459,6 +2459,22 @@ symlink_info::check_sysfile (HANDLE h)
   return res;
 }
 
+typedef struct _REPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER
+{
+  DWORD ReparseTag;
+  WORD  ReparseDataLength;
+  WORD  Reserved;
+  struct {
+    DWORD Version;       /* Take member name with a grain of salt. */
+    WCHAR Strings[1];    /* Four serialized, NUL-terminated WCHAR strings:
+			   - Package ID
+			   - Entry Point
+			   - Executable Path
+			   - Application Type
+			   We're only interested in the Executable Path */
+  } AppExecLinkReparseBuffer;
+} REPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER,*PREPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER;
+
 static bool
 check_reparse_point_string (PUNICODE_STRING subst)
 {
@@ -2558,6 +2574,30 @@ check_reparse_point_target (HANDLE h, bool remote, PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER rp,
       if (check_reparse_point_string (psymbuf))
 	return PATH_SYMLINK | PATH_REP;
     }
+  else if (!remote && rp->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_APPEXECLINK)
+    {
+      /* App execution aliases are commonly used by Windows Store apps. */
+      PREPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER rpl = (PREPARSE_APPEXECLINK_BUFFER) rp;
+      WCHAR *buf = rpl->AppExecLinkReparseBuffer.Strings;
+      DWORD size = rp->ReparseDataLength / sizeof (WCHAR), n;
+
+      /* It seems that app execution aliases have a payload of four
+	 NUL-separated wide string: package id, entry point, executable
+	 and application type. We're interested in the executable. */
+      for (int i = 0; i < 3 && size > 0; i++)
+	{
+	  n = wcsnlen (buf, size - 1);
+	  if (i == 2 && n > 0 && n < size)
+	    {
+	      RtlInitCountedUnicodeString (psymbuf, buf, n * sizeof (WCHAR));
+	      return PATH_SYMLINK | PATH_REP;
+	    }
+	  if (i == 2)
+	    break;
+	  buf += n + 1;
+	  size -= n + 1;
+	}
+    }
   else if (rp->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_LX_SYMLINK)
     {
       /* WSL symlink.  Problem: We have to convert the path to UTF-16 for