diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdldir.c b/src/osd/sdl/sdldir.c
index 183e82557b4..7cbc571b3d3 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdldir.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdldir.c
@@ -79,12 +79,29 @@ static char *build_full_path(const char *path, const char *file)
 
 
 #if HAS_DT_XXX
-static osd_dir_entry_type get_attributes_enttype(int attributes)
+static osd_dir_entry_type get_attributes_enttype(int attributes, char *path)
 {
-	if (attributes == DT_DIR)
-		return ENTTYPE_DIR;
-	else
-		return ENTTYPE_FILE;
+	switch ( attributes )
+	{
+		case DT_DIR:
+			return ENTTYPE_DIR;
+
+		case DT_REG:
+			return ENTTYPE_FILE;
+
+		case DT_LNK: 
+		{
+			struct stat s;
+
+			if ( stat(path, &s) != 0 )
+				return ENTTYPE_OTHER;
+			else
+				return S_ISDIR(s.st_mode) ? ENTTYPE_DIR : ENTTYPE_FILE;
+		}
+
+		default:
+			return ENTTYPE_OTHER;
+	}
 }
 #else
 
@@ -192,7 +209,7 @@ const osd_directory_entry *osd_readdir(osd_directory *dir)
 	dir->ent.name = dir->data->d_name;
 	temp = build_full_path(dir->path, dir->data->d_name);
 	#if HAS_DT_XXX
-	dir->ent.type = get_attributes_enttype(dir->data->d_type);
+	dir->ent.type = get_attributes_enttype(dir->data->d_type, temp);
 	#else
 	dir->ent.type = get_attributes_stat(temp);
 	#endif