diff --git a/slideshow.py b/slideshow.py
index a71b045..9dee8dd 100755
--- a/slideshow.py
+++ b/slideshow.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Slideshow:
 
         if self.recursive:
             # Recursively walk all entries in the directory
-            for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(self.directory):
+            for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(self.directory, followlinks=True):
                 for filename in filenames:
                     filelist.append(os.path.join(root, filename))
         else: