diff --git a/install_executorch.bat b/install_executorch.bat
index e6d5c5db363..50fb6fd9b77 100644
--- a/install_executorch.bat
+++ b/install_executorch.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @ECHO OFF
+setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
 
 rem Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 rem All rights reserved.
@@ -7,9 +8,24 @@ rem This batch file provides a basic functionality similar to the bash script.
 
 cd /d "%~dp0"
 
+rem Verify that Git checked out symlinks correctly. Without this the Python install
+rem will fail when attempting to copy files from src\executorch.
+where git >NUL 2>&1
+if not errorlevel 1 (
+    set "GIT_SYMLINKS="
+    for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`git config --get core.symlinks 2^>nul`) do set "GIT_SYMLINKS=%%i"
+    if /I not "!GIT_SYMLINKS!"=="true" (
+        echo ExecuTorch requires Git symlink support on Windows.
+        echo Enable Developer Mode and run: git config --global core.symlinks true
+        echo Re-clone the repository after enabling symlinks, then rerun install_executorch.bat.
+        exit /b 1
+    )
+)
+
 rem Under windows, it's always python
 set PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python
 
 "%PYTHON_EXECUTABLE%" install_executorch.py %*
 
-exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
+set "EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%"
+endlocal & exit /b %EXIT_CODE%