diff --git a/newsfragments/214.feature.rst b/newsfragments/214.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02eda26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/214.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added ``Path.is_symlink()`` for compatibility with ``pathlib``. Deprecated ``Path.islink()`` in favor of ``is_symlink()``.
diff --git a/path/__init__.py b/path/__init__.py
index 33dd979..ea0b55c 100644
--- a/path/__init__.py
+++ b/path/__init__.py
@@ -1025,10 +1025,19 @@ def is_file(self) -> bool:
         """.. seealso:: :func:`os.path.isfile`"""
         return self.module.isfile(self)
 
-    def islink(self) -> bool:
-        """.. seealso:: :func:`os.path.islink`"""
+    def is_symlink(self) -> bool:
+        """.. seealso:: :func:`os.path.islink`, :meth:`pathlib.Path.is_symlink`"""
         return self.module.islink(self)
 
+    def islink(self) -> bool:
+        """Deprecated alias for :meth:`is_symlink`."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "islink is deprecated; use is_symlink",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self.is_symlink()
+
     def ismount(self) -> bool:
         """
         >>> Path('.').ismount()
@@ -1661,7 +1670,7 @@ def ignored(item: Self) -> bool:
 
         for source in itertools.filterfalse(ignored, sources):
             dest = dst_path / source.name
-            if symlinks and source.islink():
+            if symlinks and source.is_symlink():
                 target = source.readlink()
                 target.symlink(dest)
             elif source.is_dir():
diff --git a/tests/test_path.py b/tests/test_path.py
index b424bb6..35edef9 100644
--- a/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_path.py
@@ -349,6 +349,33 @@ def test_get_owner(self):
 
 
 class TestLinks:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('target_type', ['file', 'directory', 'missing'])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('symlink', [False, True])
+    def test_is_symlink(self, tmp_path, target_type, symlink):
+        target = tmp_path / 'target'
+        if target_type == 'file':
+            target.touch()
+        elif target_type == 'directory':
+            target.mkdir()
+        candidate = target
+        if symlink:
+            candidate = tmp_path / 'link'
+            candidate.symlink_to(target, target_is_directory=target_type == 'directory')
+
+        assert Path(candidate).is_symlink() is symlink
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('symlink', [False, True])
+    def test_islink_deprecated(self, tmp_path, symlink):
+        candidate = tmp_path / 'link'
+        if symlink:
+            candidate.symlink_to(tmp_path / 'missing')
+
+        with pytest.warns(
+            DeprecationWarning, match='islink is deprecated; use is_symlink'
+        ) as recorded:
+            assert Path(candidate).islink() is symlink
+        assert recorded[0].filename == __file__
+
     def test_hardlink_to(self, tmpdir):
         target = Path(tmpdir) / 'target'
         target.write_text('hello', encoding='utf-8')
@@ -397,7 +424,7 @@ def test_skip_symlinks(self, tmpdir):
         assert len(list(root.walk())) == 4
 
         skip_links = path.Traversal(
-            lambda item: item.is_dir() and not item.islink(),
+            lambda item: item.is_dir() and not item.is_symlink(),
         )
         assert len(list(skip_links(root.walk()))) == 3
 
@@ -681,7 +708,7 @@ def test_shutil(self, tmpdir):
             testC.iterdir(),
             [testC / testCopy.name, testC / testFile.name, testCopyOfLink],
         )
-        assert not testCopyOfLink.islink()
+        assert not testCopyOfLink.is_symlink()
 
         # Clean up for another try.
         testC.rmtree()
@@ -695,7 +722,7 @@ def test_shutil(self, tmpdir):
             [testC / testCopy.name, testC / testFile.name, testCopyOfLink],
         )
         if hasattr(os, 'symlink'):
-            assert testCopyOfLink.islink()
+            assert testCopyOfLink.is_symlink()
             assert testCopyOfLink.realpath() == testFile
 
         # Clean up.
@@ -896,7 +923,7 @@ def testing_structure(self, tmpdir):
 
     def check_link(self):
         target = Path(self.subdir_b / self.test_link.name)
-        check = target.islink if hasattr(os, 'symlink') else target.is_file
+        check = target.is_symlink if hasattr(os, 'symlink') else target.is_file
         assert check()
 
     def test_with_nonexisting_dst_kwargs(self):