diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
index cb74b2456c..cab4303b81 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export function createBaseConfig(
     resolve: {
       unsafeCache: false, // not enabled, does not seem to improve perf much
       extensions: ['.wasm', '.mjs', '.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx', '.json'],
-      symlinks: true,
+      symlinks: false, // disabled on purpose (https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/3272)
       roots: [
         // Allow resolution of url("/fonts/xyz.ttf") by webpack
         // See https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/#resolveroots
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index b6c2368229..ec37bab54e 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ const isVersioningDisabled = !!process.env.DISABLE_VERSIONING || isI18nStaging;
         showLastUpdateTime: true,
       },
     ],
+    [
+      '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
+      {
+        // This plugin instance is used to test fancy edge cases
+        id: 'docs-tests',
+        // Using a symlinked folder as source, test against https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/3272
+        path: 'dogfooding/docs-tests-symlink',
+        routeBasePath: 'docs-tests',
+      },
+    ],
+
     [
       '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
       {
diff --git a/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-symlink b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-symlink
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..fca8ff1210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests-symlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs-tests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/index.md b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a44511630d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/dogfooding/docs-tests/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+slug: /
+---
+
+# Docs tests
+
+This Docusaurus docs plugin instance is meant to test fancy edge-cases that regular unit tests don't really cover.