diff --git a/src/kbuildsycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp b/src/kbuildsycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
index 69b1427..9c37a49 100644
--- a/src/kbuildsycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
+++ b/src/kbuildsycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ bool KBuildSycoca::build()
         QStringList relFiles;
         const QStringList dirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, g_resourceSubdir, QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
         Q_FOREACH (const QString &dir, dirs) {
-            QDirIterator it(dir, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+            QDirIterator it(dir, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 const QString filePath = it.next();
                 Q_ASSERT(filePath.startsWith(dir)); // due to the line below...