diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
index fb438d604040..d4d9f4ffb6d9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
@@ -309,7 +309,11 @@ static inline int ntfs_filldir(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	dt_type = (fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
+	/* NTFS: symlinks are "dir + reparse" or "file + reparse" */
+	if (fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+		dt_type = DT_LNK;
+	else
+		dt_type = (fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
 
 	return !dir_emit(ctx, (s8 *)name, name_len, ino, dt_type);
 }