diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index 6ad4de24..fb8ed9dc 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def folder_watcher(path, extensions, ignores=[]):
     def file_times(path):
         '''Return `mtime` for each file in path'''
 
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path, followlinks=True):
             dirs[:] = [x for x in dirs if not x.startswith(os.curdir)]
 
             for f in files: