diff --git a/addons/search/FolderFilesList.cpp b/addons/search/FolderFilesList.cpp
index 2d2c7ac35..df519ad30 100644
--- a/addons/search/FolderFilesList.cpp
+++ b/addons/search/FolderFilesList.cpp
@@ -1,147 +1,147 @@
 /*   Kate search plugin
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2013 by Kåre Särs <kare.sars@iki.fi>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program in a file called COPYING; if not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
  * MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "FolderFilesList.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QFileInfoList>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QMimeType>
 
 FolderFilesList::FolderFilesList(QObject *parent) : QThread(parent) {}
 
 FolderFilesList::~FolderFilesList()
 {
     m_cancelSearch = true;
     wait();
 }
 
 void FolderFilesList::run()
 {
     m_files.clear();
 
     QFileInfo folderInfo(m_folder);
     checkNextItem(folderInfo);
 
     if (m_cancelSearch) m_files.clear();
 }
 
 void FolderFilesList::generateList(const QString &folder,
                                    bool recursive,
                                    bool hidden,
                                    bool symlinks,
                                    bool binary,
                                    const QString &types,
                                    const QString &excludes)
 {
     m_cancelSearch = false;
     m_folder       = folder;
     if (!m_folder.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
         m_folder += QLatin1Char('/');
     }
     m_recursive    = recursive;
     m_hidden       = hidden;
     m_symlinks     = symlinks;
     m_binary       = binary;
 
     m_types.clear();
     foreach (QString type, types.split(QLatin1Char(','), QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
         m_types << type.trimmed();
     }
     if (m_types.isEmpty()) {
         m_types << QStringLiteral("*");
     }
 
     QStringList tmpExcludes = excludes.split(QLatin1Char(','));
     m_excludeList.clear();
     for (int i=0; i<tmpExcludes.size(); i++) {
         QRegExp rx(tmpExcludes[i].trimmed());
         rx.setPatternSyntax(QRegExp::Wildcard);
         m_excludeList << rx;
     }
 
     m_time.restart();
     start();
 }
 
 QStringList FolderFilesList::fileList() { return m_files; }
 
 void FolderFilesList::cancelSearch()
 {
     m_cancelSearch = true;
 }
 
 void FolderFilesList::checkNextItem(const QFileInfo &item)
 {
     if (m_cancelSearch) {
         return;
     }
     if (m_time.elapsed() > 100) {
         m_time.restart();
         emit searching(item.absoluteFilePath());
     }
     if (item.isFile()) {
         if (!m_binary) {
             QMimeType mimeType = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForFile(item);
             if (!mimeType.inherits(QStringLiteral("text/plain"))) {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        m_files << item.absoluteFilePath();
+        m_files << item.canonicalFilePath();
     }
     else {
         QDir currentDir(item.absoluteFilePath());
 
         if (!currentDir.isReadable()) {
             qDebug() << currentDir.absolutePath() << "Not readable";
             return;
         }
 
         QDir::Filters    filter  = QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Readable;
         if (m_hidden)    filter |= QDir::Hidden;
         if (m_recursive) filter |= QDir::AllDirs;
         if (!m_symlinks) filter |= QDir::NoSymLinks;
 
         // sort the items to have an deterministic order!
         const QFileInfoList currentItems = currentDir.entryInfoList(m_types, filter, QDir::Name | QDir::LocaleAware);
 
         bool skip;
         for (int i = 0; i<currentItems.size(); ++i) {
             skip = false;
             for (int j=0; j<m_excludeList.size(); j++) {
 
                 QString matchString = currentItems[i].filePath();
                 if (currentItems[i].filePath().startsWith(m_folder)) {
                     matchString = currentItems[i].filePath().mid(m_folder.size());
                 }
                 if (m_excludeList[j].exactMatch(matchString)) {
                     skip = true;
                     break;
                 }
             }
             if (!skip) {
                 checkNextItem(currentItems[i]);
             }
         }
     }
 }