diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 420691dba..d5840b822 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ endef
 
 define find-subdir-assets
 $(sort $(if $(1),$(patsubst ./%,%, \
-	$(shell if [ -d $(1) ] ; then cd $(1) ; find ./ -not -name '.*' -and -type f -and -not -type l ; fi)), \
+	$(shell if [ -d $(1) ] ; then cd $(1) ; find -L ./ -not -name '.*' -and -type f ; fi)), \
 	$(warning Empty argument supplied to find-subdir-assets) \
 ))
 endef