diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
index 993b6328209..53e5a0f4075 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/foldernavigationwidget.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ FolderNavigationWidget::FolderNavigationWidget(QWidget *parent)
       m_title(new QLabel(this)),
       m_autoSync(false)
 {
+    m_dirModel->setResolveSymlinks(false);
     m_dirModel->setFilter(QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files | QDir::Drives | QDir::Readable | QDir::Writable
                           | QDir::Executable | QDir::Hidden);
     m_dirModel->setSorting(QDir::Name | QDir::DirsFirst);
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/11111 b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/11111
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/22222 b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/22222
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/README b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fab4914d12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Interesting to test is e.g.
+* if opening one of the symbolic links opens the link target (bad), or the symbolic link (good)
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic.pro b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6de078744df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+TEMPLATE = app
+TARGET = symbolic
+
+SOURCES += symbolic_link_one.cpp symbolic_link_two.cpp
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_one.cpp b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_one.cpp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..56b6510f1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_one.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11111
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_two.cpp b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_two.cpp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..7b4353a26b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/filesystemview/symbolic_links/symbolic_link_two.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+22222
\ No newline at end of file