Index: kservice-5.21.0/src/sycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
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--- kservice-5.21.0.orig/src/sycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
+++ kservice-5.21.0/src/sycoca/kbuildsycoca.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ bool KBuildSycoca::build()
         QSet<QString> relFiles;
         const QStringList dirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, m_resourceSubdir, QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
         Q_FOREACH (const QString &dir, dirs) {
-            QDirIterator it(dir, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+            QDirIterator it(dir, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 const QString filePath = it.next();
                 Q_ASSERT(filePath.startsWith(dir)); // due to the line below...