diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index f4f5b54b7f..87575c8061 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-06-14  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
+
+	* source.c (find_and_open_source): Respect basenames_may_differ.
+
 2019-06-14  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
 	* annotate.c (annotate_breakpoints_invalid): Make use of
diff --git a/gdb/source.c b/gdb/source.c
index 00052e67cb..02df15a1ae 100644
--- a/gdb/source.c
+++ b/gdb/source.c
@@ -987,7 +987,10 @@ find_and_open_source (const char *filename,
       result = gdb_open_cloexec (fullname->get (), OPEN_MODE, 0);
       if (result >= 0)
 	{
-	  *fullname = gdb_realpath (fullname->get ());
+	  if (basenames_may_differ)
+	    *fullname = gdb_realpath (fullname->get ());
+	  else
+	    *fullname = gdb_abspath (fullname->get ());
 	  return scoped_fd (result);
 	}
 
@@ -1031,15 +1034,16 @@ find_and_open_source (const char *filename,
   if (rewritten_filename != NULL)
     filename = rewritten_filename.get ();
 
-  result = openp (path, OPF_SEARCH_IN_PATH | OPF_RETURN_REALPATH, filename,
-		  OPEN_MODE, fullname);
+  openp_flags flags = OPF_SEARCH_IN_PATH;
+  if (basenames_may_differ)
+    flags |= OPF_RETURN_REALPATH;
+  result = openp (path, flags, filename, OPEN_MODE, fullname);
   if (result < 0)
     {
       /* Didn't work.  Try using just the basename.  */
       p = lbasename (filename);
       if (p != filename)
-	result = openp (path, OPF_SEARCH_IN_PATH | OPF_RETURN_REALPATH, p,
-			OPEN_MODE, fullname);
+	result = openp (path, flags, p, OPEN_MODE, fullname);
     }
 
   return scoped_fd (result);
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8219486242..4d89669264 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-06-14  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/annotate-symlink.exp: New file.
+
 2019-06-14  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/set_wstr.exp: Add reassignment test.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/annotate-symlink.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/annotate-symlink.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dba2fe823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/annotate-symlink.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+standard_testfile realname-expand.c realname-expand-real.c
+
+if [is_remote host] {
+    unsupported "compiling on a remote host does not support a filename with directory."
+    return 0
+}
+
+set srcdirabs [file join [pwd] $srcdir]
+set srcfilelink [standard_output_file realname-expand-link.c]
+
+remote_exec build "ln -sf ${srcdirabs}/${subdir}/${srcfile2} $srcfilelink"
+
+if { [file type $srcfilelink] != "link" } {
+    unsupported "target directory cannot have symbolic links"
+    return -1
+}
+
+if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile} ${srcfilelink}" "${binfile}" \
+		  executable {debug}] != "" } {
+    untested "failed to compile"
+    return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart ${testfile}
+
+if {![runto_main]} {
+    unsupported "failed to run to main"
+    return -1
+}
+
+gdb_breakpoint func message
+
+gdb_test_no_output "set annotate 1"
+
+gdb_test "continue" \
+    "Breakpoint .* func .*realname-expand-link.c:$decimal\r\n\032\032.*realname-expand-link.c:.*"