diff --git a/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp b/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
index 9dbd1f6..c50a6e5 100644
--- a/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
+++ b/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ QList<KPluginMetaData> PackageLoader::listPackages(const QString &packageFormat,
     }

     for (auto const &plugindir : std::as_const(paths)) {
-        QDirIterator it(plugindir, QStringList{QStringLiteral("metadata.json")}, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+        QDirIterator it(plugindir, QStringList{QStringLiteral("metadata.json")}, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
         std::unordered_set<QString> dirs;
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             it.next();