diff --git a/src/platform_posix.c b/src/platform_posix.c
index 7ff4a30..2a67bf3 100644
--- a/src/platform_posix.c
+++ b/src/platform_posix.c
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ int __PHYSFS_platformStat(const char *filename, int *exists, PHYSFS_Stat *st)
 {
     struct stat statbuf;
 
-    /* !!! FIXME: lstat()? */
-    if (stat(filename, &statbuf))
+    if (lstat(filename, &statbuf))
     {
         if (errno == ENOENT)
         {