1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/fldd/main.c b/src/fldd/main.c
index 9d91557c1..b71145793 100644
--- a/src/fldd/main.c
+++ b/src/fldd/main.c
@@ -261,12 +261,21 @@ static void walk_directory(const char *dirname) {
 
                         // check directory
                         // entry->d_type field is supported  in glibc since version 2.19 (Feb 2014)
-                        // we'll use stat to check for directories
+                        // we'll use stat to check for directories using the real path
+                        // (sometimes the path is a double symlink to a real file and stat would fail)
+                        char *rpath = realpath(path, NULL);
+                        if (!rpath) {
+                                free(path);
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                        free(path);
+
                         struct stat s;
-                        if (stat(path, &s) == -1)
+                        if (stat(rpath, &s) == -1)
                                 errExit("stat");
                         if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode))
-                                walk_directory(path);
+                                walk_directory(rpath);
+                        free(rpath);
                 }
                 closedir(dir);
         }