diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index e42e13212e..24bb3570d3 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -2972,6 +2972,7 @@ vim.fs.dir({path}, {opts})                                      *vim.fs.dir()*
                 • skip: (fun(dir_name: string): boolean)|nil Predicate to
                   control traversal. Return false to stop searching the
                   current directory. Only useful when depth > 1
+                • follow: boolean|nil Follow symbolic links. (default: true)
 
     Return: ~
         (`Iterator`) over items in {path}. Each iteration yields two values:
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/fs.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/fs.lua
index fbf0009c27..1adfff8af0 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/fs.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/fs.lua
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ end
 ---             - skip: (fun(dir_name: string): boolean)|nil Predicate
 ---               to control traversal. Return false to stop searching the current directory.
 ---               Only useful when depth > 1
+---             - follow: boolean|nil Follow symbolic links. (default: true)
 ---
 ---@return Iterator over items in {path}. Each iteration yields two values: "name" and "type".
 ---        "name" is the basename of the item relative to {path}.
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ function M.dir(path, opts)
   vim.validate('path', path, 'string')
   vim.validate('depth', opts.depth, 'number', true)
   vim.validate('skip', opts.skip, 'function', true)
+  vim.validate('follow', opts.follow, 'boolean', true)
 
   path = M.normalize(path)
   if not opts.depth or opts.depth == 1 then
@@ -168,7 +170,9 @@ function M.dir(path, opts)
         if
           opts.depth
           and level < opts.depth
-          and t == 'directory'
+          and (t == 'directory' or (t == 'link' and opts.follow ~= false and (vim.uv.fs_stat(
+            M.joinpath(path, f)
+          ) or {}).type == 'directory'))
           and (not opts.skip or opts.skip(f) ~= false)
         then
           dirs[#dirs + 1] = { f, level + 1 }
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
index 83e93e1f5e..4714283a2f 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/fs_spec.lua
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
       )
     end)
 
-    it('works with opts.depth and opts.skip', function()
+    it('works with opts.depth, opts.skip and opts.follow', function()
       io.open('testd/a1', 'w'):close()
       io.open('testd/b1', 'w'):close()
       io.open('testd/c1', 'w'):close()
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
       io.open('testd/a/b/c/b4', 'w'):close()
       io.open('testd/a/b/c/c4', 'w'):close()
 
-      local function run(dir, depth, skip)
+      local function run(dir, depth, skip, follow)
         return exec_lua(function()
           local r = {}
           local skip_f
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
               end
             end
           end
-          for name, type_ in vim.fs.dir(dir, { depth = depth, skip = skip_f }) do
+          for name, type_ in vim.fs.dir(dir, { depth = depth, skip = skip_f, follow = follow }) do
             r[name] = type_
           end
           return r
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
       exp['a/b2'] = 'file'
       exp['a/c2'] = 'file'
       exp['a/b'] = 'directory'
+      local lexp = vim.deepcopy(exp)
 
       eq(exp, run('testd', 2))
 
@@ -213,6 +214,16 @@ describe('vim.fs', function()
       exp['a/b/c/c4'] = 'file'
 
       eq(exp, run('testd', 999))
+
+      vim.uv.fs_symlink('a', 'testd/l', { junction = true, dir = true })
+      lexp['l'] = 'link'
+      eq(lexp, run('testd', 2, nil, false))
+
+      lexp['l/a2'] = 'file'
+      lexp['l/b2'] = 'file'
+      lexp['l/c2'] = 'file'
+      lexp['l/b'] = 'directory'
+      eq(lexp, run('testd', 2, nil, true))
     end)
   end)