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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/testing/decorators.py
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 import os
+from platform import uname
 from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import string
@@ -134,10 +135,14 @@ def copy_baseline(self, baseline, extension):
             # os.symlink errors if the target already exists.
             with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
                 os.remove(expected_fname)
-            try:
-                os.symlink(orig_expected_path, expected_fname)
-            except OSError:  # On Windows, symlink *may* be unavailable.
+            if 'microsoft-standard' in uname().release:
+                # On WSL, symlink breaks silently
                 shutil.copyfile(orig_expected_path, expected_fname)
+            else:
+                try:
+                    os.symlink(orig_expected_path, expected_fname)
+                except OSError:  # On Windows, symlink *may* be unavailable.
+                    shutil.copyfile(orig_expected_path, expected_fname)
         except OSError as err:
             raise ImageComparisonFailure(
                 f"Missing baseline image {expected_fname} because the "