diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/PathV1.h b/include/llvm/Support/PathV1.h
index 0b8a4647131..a1c3f6a49a1 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/PathV1.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/PathV1.h
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ namespace sys {
       /// existing symbolic link.
       /// @returns true if the pathname references an existing symlink.
       /// @brief Determines if the path is a symlink in the file system.
-      bool isSymLink() const;
+      LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED(bool isSymLink() const,
+        LLVM_PATH_DEPRECATED_MSG(fs::is_symlink));
 
       /// This function determines if the path name references a readable file
       /// or directory in the file system. This function checks for
diff --git a/lib/Support/PathV2.cpp b/lib/Support/PathV2.cpp
index f2ca34b4adf..e2565d55f06 100644
--- a/lib/Support/PathV2.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/PathV2.cpp
@@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ bool is_symlink(file_status status) {
   return status.type() == file_type::symlink_file;
 }
 
+error_code is_symlink(const Twine &path, bool &result) {
+  file_status st;
+  if (error_code ec = status(path, st))
+    return ec;
+  result = is_symlink(st);
+  return success;
+}
+
 bool is_other(file_status status) {
   return exists(status) &&
          !is_regular_file(status) &&