1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index c5701698c..6f7bae6ef 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -1933,7 +1933,8 @@ gobble_file (const char *name, enum filetype type, int explicit_arg,
 #endif
 
       if (S_ISLNK (files[files_index].stat.st_mode)
-	  && (explicit_arg || format == long_format || check_symlink_color))
+	  && ((explicit_arg && ! immediate_dirs)
+	      || format == long_format || check_symlink_color))
 	{
 	  char *linkpath;
 	  struct stat linkstats;