diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py
index e7931b6f394075d..f6fac6f441e2605 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile/_path/test_path.py
@@ -551,6 +551,18 @@ def test_is_symlink(self, alpharep):
         assert not root.joinpath('a.txt').is_symlink()
         assert root.joinpath('n.txt').is_symlink()
 
+    @pass_alpharep
+    def test_is_symlink_missing(self, alpharep):
+        """
+        is_symlink returns False for entries missing from the archive
+        (including the root and implied directories) rather than
+        raising KeyError.
+        """
+        root = zipfile.Path(alpharep)
+        assert not root.is_symlink()
+        assert not root.joinpath('b').is_symlink()
+        assert not root.joinpath('missing.txt').is_symlink()
+
     @pass_alpharep
     def test_relative_to(self, alpharep):
         root = zipfile.Path(alpharep)
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py b/Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py
index faae4c84cae5ed2..a815f4d8bfff133 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile/_path/__init__.py
@@ -414,7 +414,10 @@ def is_symlink(self):
         """
         Return whether this path is a symlink.
         """
-        info = self.root.getinfo(self.at)
+        try:
+            info = self.root.getinfo(self.at)
+        except KeyError:
+            return False
         mode = info.external_attr >> 16
         return stat.S_ISLNK(mode)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-02-11-24-08.gh-issue-152762.qL7vXe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-02-11-24-08.gh-issue-152762.qL7vXe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..bed2fa7cecfb5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-02-11-24-08.gh-issue-152762.qL7vXe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix :meth:`zipfile.Path.is_symlink` raising :exc:`KeyError` for paths not
+present in the archive.  It now returns ``False``, consistent with the other
+:class:`zipfile.Path` predicates and with :meth:`pathlib.Path.is_symlink`.