diff --git a/common/FileSystem.cpp b/common/FileSystem.cpp
index 31b6a28707200..5bcf03d4a386f 100644
--- a/common/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/common/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -1650,6 +1650,21 @@ bool FileSystem::DirectoryExists(const char* path)
 		return false;
 }
 
+bool FileSystem::IsRealDirectory(const char* path)
+{
+	// convert to wide string
+	const std::wstring wpath = GetWin32Path(path);
+	if (wpath.empty())
+		return false;
+
+	// determine attributes for the path. if it's a directory, things have to be handled differently..
+	const DWORD fileAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(wpath.c_str());
+	if (fileAttributes == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+		return false;
+
+	return ((fileAttributes & (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)) != FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
+}
+
 bool FileSystem::DirectoryIsEmpty(const char* path)
 {
 	std::wstring wpath = GetWin32Path(path);
@@ -1962,7 +1977,7 @@ static u32 RecursiveFindFiles(const char* OriginPath, const char* ParentPath, co
 		outData.Attributes = 0;
 
 		struct stat sDir;
-		if (lstat(full_path.c_str(), &sDir) < 0)
+		if (stat(full_path.c_str(), &sDir) < 0)
 			continue;
 
 		if (S_ISDIR(sDir.st_mode))
@@ -2101,7 +2116,7 @@ bool FileSystem::StatFile(const char* path, FILESYSTEM_STAT_DATA* sd)
 
 	// stat file
 	struct stat sysStatData;
-	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
+	if (stat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
 		return false;
 
 	// parse attributes
@@ -2157,7 +2172,7 @@ bool FileSystem::FileExists(const char* path)
 
 	// stat file
 	struct stat sysStatData;
-	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
+	if (stat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
 		return false;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
@@ -2174,7 +2189,7 @@ bool FileSystem::DirectoryExists(const char* path)
 
 	// stat file
 	struct stat sysStatData;
-	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
+	if (stat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
 		return false;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
@@ -2183,6 +2198,15 @@ bool FileSystem::DirectoryExists(const char* path)
 		return false;
 }
 
+bool FileSystem::IsRealDirectory(const char* path)
+{
+	struct stat sysStatData;
+	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return (S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(sysStatData.st_mode));
+}
+
 bool FileSystem::DirectoryIsEmpty(const char* path)
 {
 	DIR* pDir = opendir(path);
@@ -2224,7 +2248,7 @@ bool FileSystem::CreateDirectoryPath(const char* path, bool recursive, Error* er
 	{
 		// check the attributes
 		struct stat sysStatData;
-		if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
+		if (stat(path, &sysStatData) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
 			return true;
 	}
 
@@ -2294,7 +2318,7 @@ bool FileSystem::DeleteFilePath(const char* path, Error* error)
 	}
 
 	struct stat sysStatData;
-	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) != 0 || S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
+	if (stat(path, &sysStatData) != 0 || S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
 	{
 		Error::SetStringView(error, "File does not exist.");
 		return false;
@@ -2334,7 +2358,7 @@ bool FileSystem::DeleteDirectory(const char* path)
 		return false;
 
 	struct stat sysStatData;
-	if (lstat(path, &sysStatData) != 0 || !S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
+	if (stat(path, &sysStatData) != 0 || !S_ISDIR(sysStatData.st_mode))
 		return false;
 
 	return (rmdir(path) == 0);
diff --git a/common/FileSystem.h b/common/FileSystem.h
index 1b6c89ab082b3..a9bdee5a3bff8 100644
--- a/common/FileSystem.h
+++ b/common/FileSystem.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ namespace FileSystem
 
 	/// Directory exists?
 	bool DirectoryExists(const char* path);
+	bool IsRealDirectory(const char* path);
 
 	/// Directory does not contain any files?
 	bool DirectoryIsEmpty(const char* path);