diff --git a/tiramisu_json_api/api.py b/tiramisu_json_api/api.py
index 2c8411d..11bd3b5 100644
--- a/tiramisu_json_api/api.py
+++ b/tiramisu_json_api/api.py
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ class TiramisuOptionOption:
     def __init__(self,
                  path: str,
                  schema: Dict,
-                 model: Dict) -> None:
+                 model: Dict,
+                 form: Dict) -> None:
         self._path = path
         self.schema = schema
         self.model = model
+        self.form = form
 
     def doc(self):
         return self.schema['title']
@@ -47,8 +49,15 @@ class TiramisuOptionOption:
     def path(self):
         return self._path
 
-    def name(self):
-        return self._path.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
+    def name(self,
+             follow_symlink: bool=False) -> str:
+        if not follow_symlink or \
+                self.isoptiondescription() or \
+                not self.issymlinkoption():
+            path = self._path
+        else:
+            path = self.schema['opt_path']
+        return path.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
 
     def isoptiondescription(self):
         return self.schema['type'] in ['object', 'array']
@@ -57,8 +66,7 @@ class TiramisuOptionOption:
         return self.schema['type'] == 'array'
 
     def issymlinkoption(self) -> bool:
-        # FIXME
-        return False
+        return self.schema['type'] == 'symlink'
 
     def ismulti(self) -> bool:
         return self.schema.get('isMulti', False)
@@ -76,7 +84,8 @@ class TiramisuOptionOption:
                  'domain': 'domainname',
                  'url': 'url',
                  'username': 'username',
-                 'string': 'str'}
+                 'string': 'str',
+                 'symlink': 'symlink'}
         if self.schema['type'] in types :
             return types[self.schema['type']]
         raise Exception('unsupported type {}'.format(self.schema['type']))
@@ -313,7 +322,8 @@ class TiramisuOptionDescription(_Option):
         if subfunc == 'option':
             return TiramisuOptionOption(self.path,
                                         self.schema,
-                                        self.model)
+                                        self.model,
+                                        self.form)
         if subfunc == 'property':
             return TiramisuOptionProperty(self.model.get(self.path, {}))
         raise APIError(_('please specify a valid sub function ({})').format(subfunc))
@@ -353,7 +363,8 @@ class TiramisuOption:
                 raise NotImplementedError()
             return TiramisuOptionOption(self.path,
                                         self.schema,
-                                        self.model)
+                                        self.model,
+                                        self.form)
         if subfunc == 'value':
             return TiramisuOptionValue(self.config,
                                        self.schema,