diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 90d3ac1f17..ee56c4e35b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -720,21 +720,14 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_gid = 0;
 		buf->st_uid = 0;
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
-		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes);
+		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes,
+				findbuf.dwReserved0);
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
 			(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
 		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime), &(buf->st_atim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime), &(buf->st_mtim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftCreationTime), &(buf->st_ctim));
-		if (fdata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
-				if ((findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
-						(findbuf.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)) {
-					buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK | S_IREAD;
-					if (!(findbuf.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
-						buf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
-				}
-		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 error:
@@ -779,7 +772,7 @@ static int get_file_info_by_handle(HANDLE hnd, struct stat *buf)
 	buf->st_gid = 0;
 	buf->st_uid = 0;
 	buf->st_nlink = 1;
-	buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes);
+	buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes, 0);
 	buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
 		(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
 	buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
diff --git a/compat/win32.h b/compat/win32.h
index a97e880757..671bcc81f9 100644
--- a/compat/win32.h
+++ b/compat/win32.h
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
-static inline int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr)
+static inline int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr, DWORD tag)
 {
 	int fMode = S_IREAD;
-	if (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+	if ((attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) && tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)
+		fMode |= S_IFLNK;
+	else if (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 		fMode |= S_IFDIR;
 	else
 		fMode |= S_IFREG;
diff --git a/compat/win32/dirent.c b/compat/win32/dirent.c
index b3bd8d7af7..8c654d722b 100644
--- a/compat/win32/dirent.c
+++ b/compat/win32/dirent.c
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ static inline void finddata2dirent(struct dirent *ent, WIN32_FIND_DATAW *fdata)
 	xwcstoutf(ent->d_name, fdata->cFileName, MAX_PATH * 3);
 
 	/* Set file type, based on WIN32_FIND_DATA */
-	if (fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+	if ((fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+			&& fdata->dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK)
+		ent->d_type = DT_LNK;
+	else if (fdata->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 		ent->d_type = DT_DIR;
 	else
 		ent->d_type = DT_REG;
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.c b/compat/win32/fscache.c
index 4ebd15e426..60aeeb1293 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ static struct fsentry *fseentry_create_entry(struct fsentry *list,
 
 	fse = fsentry_alloc(list, buf, len);
 
-	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->dwFileAttributes);
+	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->dwFileAttributes,
+			fdata->dwReserved0);
 	fse->st_size = (((off64_t) (fdata->nFileSizeHigh)) << 32)
 			| fdata->nFileSizeLow;
 	filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata->ftLastAccessTime), &(fse->st_atim));
@@ -442,7 +443,8 @@ static struct dirent *fscache_readdir(DIR *base_dir)
 	if (!next)
 		return NULL;
 	dir->pfsentry = next;
-	dir->dirent.d_type = S_ISDIR(next->st_mode) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
+	dir->dirent.d_type = S_ISREG(next->st_mode) ? DT_REG :
+			S_ISDIR(next->st_mode) ? DT_DIR : DT_LNK;
 	dir->dirent.d_name = (char*) next->name;
 	return &(dir->dirent);
 }