diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer.cpp
index e8da8aa651..0f12c2b80e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ QExtendedInformation QFileInfoGatherer::getInfo(const QFileInfo &fileInfo) const
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    if (fileInfo.isSymLink() && m_resolveSymlinks) {
+    if (m_resolveSymlinks && info.isSymLink(/* ignoreNtfsSymLinks = */ true)) {
         QFileInfo resolvedInfo(fileInfo.symLinkTarget());
         resolvedInfo = resolvedInfo.canonicalFilePath();
         if (resolvedInfo.exists()) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer_p.h b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer_p.h
index 0c4e644e40..447ee78edc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfileinfogatherer_p.h
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ public:
         return QExtendedInformation::System;
     }
 
-    bool isSymLink() const {
+    bool isSymLink(bool ignoreNtfsSymLinks = false) const
+    {
+        if (ignoreNtfsSymLinks) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+            return !mFileInfo.suffix().compare(QLatin1String("lnk"), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+#endif
+        }
         return mFileInfo.isSymLink();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 5bf5356d89..a4009de68d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ QString QFileSystemModelPrivate::name(const QModelIndex &index) const
     if (!index.isValid())
         return QString();
     QFileSystemNode *dirNode = node(index);
-    if (dirNode->isSymLink() && fileInfoGatherer.resolveSymlinks()) {
+    if (fileInfoGatherer.resolveSymlinks() && dirNode->isSymLink(/* ignoreNtfsSymLinks = */ true)) {
         QString fullPath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(filePath(index));
         if (resolvedSymLinks.contains(fullPath))
             return resolvedSymLinks[fullPath];
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel_p.h b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel_p.h
index d61936d545..663be3d933 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel_p.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public:
         inline bool isFile() const { if (info) return info->isFile(); return true; }
         inline bool isSystem() const { if (info) return info->isSystem(); return true; }
         inline bool isHidden() const { if (info) return info->isHidden(); return false; }
-        inline bool isSymLink() const { if (info) return info->isSymLink(); return false; }
+        inline bool isSymLink(bool ignoreNtfsSymLinks = false) const { return info && info->isSymLink(ignoreNtfsSymLinks); }
         inline bool caseSensitive() const { if (info) return info->isCaseSensitive(); return false; }
         inline QIcon icon() const { if (info) return info->icon; return QIcon(); }