diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ff554fa..36bf881f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ using the matched rule and runs it. Rules enabled by default are as follows:
 * `java` – removes `.java` extension when running Java programs;
 * `javac` – appends missing `.java` when compiling Java files;
 * `lein_not_task` – fixes wrong `lein` tasks like `lein rpl`;
+* `ln_no_hard_link` – catches hard link creation on directories, suggest symbolic link;
 * `ls_lah` – adds `-lah` to `ls`;
 * `man` – changes manual section;
 * `man_no_space` – fixes man commands without spaces, for example `mandiff`;
diff --git a/tests/rules/test_ln_no_hard_link.py b/tests/rules/test_ln_no_hard_link.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ada4d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rules/test_ln_no_hard_link.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import pytest
+from thefuck.rules.ln_no_hard_link import match, get_new_command
+from tests.utils import Command
+
+error = "hard link not allowed for directory"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('script, stderr', [
+    ("ln barDir barLink", "ln: ‘barDir’: {}"),
+    ("sudo ln a b", "ln: ‘a’: {}"),
+    ("sudo ln -nbi a b", "ln: ‘a’: {}")])
+def test_match(script, stderr):
+    command = Command(script, stderr=stderr.format(error))
+    assert match(command)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('script, stderr', [
+    ('', ''),
+    ("ln a b", "... hard link"),
+    ("sudo ln a b", "... hard link"),
+    ("a b", error)])
+def test_assert_not_match(script, stderr):
+    command = Command(script, stderr=stderr)
+    assert not match(command)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('script, result', [
+    ("ln barDir barLink", "ln -s barDir barLink"),
+    ("sudo ln barDir barLink", "sudo ln -s barDir barLink"),
+    ("sudo ln -nbi a b", "sudo ln -s -nbi a b"),
+    ("ln -nbi a b && ls", "ln -s -nbi a b && ls"),
+    ("ln a ln", "ln -s a ln"),
+    ("sudo ln a ln", "sudo ln -s a ln")])
+def test_get_new_command(script, result):
+    command = Command(script)
+    assert get_new_command(command) == result
diff --git a/thefuck/rules/ln_no_hard_link.py b/thefuck/rules/ln_no_hard_link.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aca042b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thefuck/rules/ln_no_hard_link.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Suggest creating symbolic link if hard link is not allowed.
+
+Example:
+> ln barDir barLink
+ln: ‘barDir’: hard link not allowed for directory
+
+--> ln -s barDir barLink
+"""
+
+import re
+from thefuck.specific.sudo import sudo_support
+
+
+@sudo_support
+def match(command):
+    return (command.stderr.endswith("hard link not allowed for directory") and
+            command.script.startswith("ln "))
+
+
+@sudo_support
+def get_new_command(command):
+    return re.sub(r'^ln ', 'ln -s ', command.script)