diff --git a/src/kpluginselector.cpp b/src/kpluginselector.cpp
index c63241b..2243f94 100644
--- a/src/kpluginselector.cpp
+++ b/src/kpluginselector.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ void KPluginSelector::addPlugins(const QString &componentName,
     QStringList desktopFileNames;
     const QStringList dirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, componentName + QStringLiteral("/kpartplugins"), QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
     Q_FOREACH (const QString &dir, dirs) {
-        QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::NoFilter, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+        QDirIterator it(dir, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("*.desktop"), QDir::NoFilter, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             desktopFileNames.append(it.next());
         }