1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/diff.c b/coreutils/diff.c
index 911bfcf4d..1903bb151 100644
--- a/coreutils/diff.c
+++ b/coreutils/diff.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,8 @@ static char **get_dir(char *path)
          * add_to_dirlist then removes root dir prefix. */
 
         if (option_mask32 & FLAG_r) {
-                recursive_action(path, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE, add_to_dirlist, NULL,
+                recursive_action(path, action_recurse|action_followLinks,
+                                        add_to_dirlist, NULL,
                                         (void*)(strlen(path)+1), 0);
         } else {
                 DIR *dp;