diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e62ac01a9..7b2140dd3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Bug fixes in 23.1
   labgrid-client.
 - Fix sftp option issue in SSH driver that caused sftp to only work once per
   test run.
+- ManagedFile NFS detection heuristic now does symlink resolution on the
+  local host.
 
 Breaking changes in 23.1
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/labgrid/util/managedfile.py b/labgrid/util/managedfile.py
index 21ecf7655..2e06e8fef 100644
--- a/labgrid/util/managedfile.py
+++ b/labgrid/util/managedfile.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ManagedFile:
     """
     local_path = attr.ib(
         validator=attr.validators.instance_of(str),
-        converter=lambda x: os.path.abspath(str(x))
+        converter=lambda x: os.path.realpath(str(x))
     )
     resource = attr.ib(
         validator=attr.validators.instance_of(Resource),
diff --git a/tests/test_flashscript.py b/tests/test_flashscript.py
index f8b158534..d64642a87 100644
--- a/tests/test_flashscript.py
+++ b/tests/test_flashscript.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import attr
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from labgrid.driver.flashscriptdriver import FlashScriptDriver
 from labgrid.resource.common import ManagedResource
@@ -69,4 +70,4 @@ def test_argument_device_expansion(target, resource, driver):
 
 def test_argument_file_expansion(target, driver):
     value = capture_argument_expansion(driver, "file.local_path")
-    assert value == "/bin/sh"
+    assert os.path.samefile(value, "/bin/sh")