diff --git a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
index 52d9c9e1..bdd6ec83 100644
--- a/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/file/newfileindexer.cpp
@@ -1,88 +1,92 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015  Vishesh Handa <vhanda@kde.org>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  *
  */
 
 #include "newfileindexer.h"
 #include "basicindexingjob.h"
 #include "fileindexerconfig.h"
 
 #include "database.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
 
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 
 using namespace Baloo;
 
 NewFileIndexer::NewFileIndexer(Database* db, const FileIndexerConfig* config, const QStringList& newFiles)
     : m_db(db)
     , m_config(config)
     , m_files(newFiles)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(m_db);
     Q_ASSERT(m_config);
     Q_ASSERT(!m_files.isEmpty());
 }
 
 void NewFileIndexer::run()
 {
     QMimeDatabase mimeDb;
     BasicIndexingJob::IndexingLevel level = m_config->onlyBasicIndexing() ? BasicIndexingJob::NoLevel
         : BasicIndexingJob::MarkForContentIndexing;
 
     Transaction tr(m_db, Transaction::ReadWrite);
 
     for (const QString& filePath : qAsConst(m_files)) {
         Q_ASSERT(!filePath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')));
 
         QString mimetype;
         QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
 
+        if (fileInfo.isSymLink()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
             if (!m_config->shouldFolderBeIndexed(filePath)) {
                 continue;
             }
             mimetype = QStringLiteral("inode/directory");
 
         } else {
             QString fileName = filePath.mid(filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')) + 1);
             if (!m_config->shouldFileBeIndexed(fileName)) {
                 continue;
             }
             mimetype = mimeDb.mimeTypeForFile(filePath, QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name();
             if (!m_config->shouldMimeTypeBeIndexed(mimetype)) {
                 continue;
             }
         }
 
         BasicIndexingJob job(filePath, mimetype, level);
         if (!job.index()) {
             continue;
         }
 
         // The same file can be sent twice though it shouldn't be.
         // Lets just silently ignore it instead of crashing
         if (tr.hasDocument(job.document().id())) {
             continue;
         }
         tr.addDocument(job.document());
     }
 
     tr.commit();
     Q_EMIT done();
 }