diff --git a/.changeset/light-donuts-obey.md b/.changeset/light-donuts-obey.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abe6a1697c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-donuts-obey.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Added support for handling broken symlinks within the scaffolder backend. This is intended for templates that may hold a symlink that is invalid at build time but valid within the destination repo.