diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
index 4e43b4e6bd7..ab7e5e0ab58 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_nmake.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void NmakeMakefileGenerator::writeImplicitRulesPart(QTextStream &t)
         fixifiedSourceDirs.removeDuplicates();
         using F = QDirListing::IteratorFlag;
         for (const QString &sourceDir : std::as_const(fixifiedSourceDirs)) {
-            for (const auto &dirEntry : QDirListing(sourceDir, sourceFilesFilter, F::FilesOnly)) {
+            for (const auto &dirEntry : QDirListing(sourceDir, sourceFilesFilter, F::FilesOnly | F::ResolveSymlinks)) {
                 QString &duplicate = fileNames[dirEntry.completeBaseName()];
                 if (duplicate.isNull()) {
                     duplicate = dirEntry.filePath();
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index 82d47f59811..1566f72ba66 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::initDeploymentTool()
 
             int pathSize = searchPath.size();
             using F = QDirListing::IteratorFlag;
-            QDirListing dirList(searchPath, QStringList{nameFilter}, F::FilesOnly | F::Recursive);
+            QDirListing dirList(searchPath, QStringList{nameFilter}, F::FilesOnly | F::ResolveSymlinks | F::Recursive);
             // foreach dirIterator-entry in d
             for (const auto &dirEntry : dirList) {
                 const QString absoluteItemPath = Option::fixPathToTargetOS(dirEntry.absolutePath());
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
index 10f47fe750a..c457e332a41 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ inline void QFactoryLoaderPrivate::updateSinglePath(const QString &path)
 #elif defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
                 QStringList("libplugins_%1_*.so"_L1.arg(suffix)),
 #endif
-                QDirListing::IteratorFlag::FilesOnly);
+                QDirListing::IteratorFlag::FilesOnly | QDirListing::IteratorFlag::ResolveSymlinks);
 
     for (const auto &dirEntry : plugins) {
         const QString &fileName = dirEntry.fileName();