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diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 5c8b7279c4..3a6914cba1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool pathExists(const Path & path)
 {
     int res;
     struct stat st;
-    res = stat(path.c_str(), &st);
+    res = lstat(path.c_str(), &st);
     if (!res) return true;
     if (errno != ENOENT)
         throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % path);