diff --git a/sigal/gallery.py b/sigal/gallery.py
index 1232154..2b4b9a7 100644
--- a/sigal/gallery.py
+++ b/sigal/gallery.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class PathsDb(object):
         }
 
         # get information for each directory
-        for path, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(self.basepath):
+        for path, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(self.basepath, followlinks=True):
             relpath = os.path.relpath(path, self.basepath)
 
             # sort images and sub-albums by name