diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SandboxModule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SandboxModule.java
index 4058f4bd5cd758..76abcf67e5a2fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SandboxModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SandboxModule.java
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ private static Path computeSandboxBase(SandboxOptions options, CommandEnvironmen
               env.getRuntime().getProductName(),
               Fingerprint.getHexDigest(env.getOutputBase().toString()));
       FileSystem fileSystem = env.getRuntime().getFileSystem();
+      if (OS.getCurrent() == OS.DARWIN) {
+        // Don't resolve symlinks on macOS: See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/13766
+        return fileSystem.getPath(options.sandboxBase).getRelative(dirName);
+      }
       Path resolvedSandboxBase = fileSystem.getPath(options.sandboxBase).resolveSymbolicLinks();
       return resolvedSandboxBase.getRelative(dirName);
     }