Index: kpackage-5.18.0/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
===================================================================
--- kpackage-5.18.0.orig/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
+++ kpackage-5.18.0/src/kpackage/packageloader.cpp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ QList<KPluginMetaData> PackageLoader::li
         } else {
             //qDebug() << "Not cached";
             // If there's no cache file, fall back to listing the directory
-            const QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags = QDirIterator::Subdirectories;
+            const QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags = QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks;
             const QStringList nameFilters = QStringList(QStringLiteral("metadata.desktop")) << QStringLiteral("metadata.json");
 
             QDirIterator it(plugindir, nameFilters, QDir::Files, flags);
Index: kpackage-5.18.0/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
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--- kpackage-5.18.0.orig/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
+++ kpackage-5.18.0/src/kpackage/private/packagejobthread.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ bool indexDirectory(const QString& dir,
 
     QJsonArray plugins;
 
-    QDirIterator it(dir, *metaDataFiles, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    QDirIterator it(dir, *metaDataFiles, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         it.next();
         const QString path = it.fileInfo().absoluteFilePath();