diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
index 9e89791b8..8dc8276b3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ public class FileTreeIterator extends WorkingTreeIterator {
 		public FileEntry(final File f, FS fs) {
 			this.fs = fs;
 			attributes = fs.getAttributes(f);
-			if (attributes.isDirectory()) {
+			if (attributes.isSymbolicLink())
+				mode = FileMode.SYMLINK;
+			else if (attributes.isDirectory()) {
 				if (new File(f, Constants.DOT_GIT).exists())
 					mode = FileMode.GITLINK;
 				else