diff --git a/lib/glob.c b/lib/glob.c
index df2b23e6..f221a531 100644
--- a/lib/glob.c
+++ b/lib/glob.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ glob_in_dir (pattern, directory, flags, errfunc, pglob)
 		  /* If we shall match only directories use the information
 		     provided by the dirent call if possible.  */
 		  if ((flags & GLOB_ONLYDIR)
-		      && d->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN && d->d_type != DT_DIR)
+		      && d->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN && d->d_type != DT_DIR && d->d_type != DT_LNK)
 		    continue;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/functions/wildcard b/tests/scripts/functions/wildcard
index f91d9adb..ad96473d 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/functions/wildcard
+++ b/tests/scripts/functions/wildcard
@@ -100,4 +100,19 @@ unlink('xxx.yyy');
 run_make_test(q!exists: ; @echo file=$(wildcard xxx.yyy)!,
               '', "file=\n");
 
+# TEST #6: check for wildcards matching directories
+# See SV 53465
+
+if ($port_type ne 'W32' && eval { symlink("",""); 1 }) {
+    my $dir = '__rdir';
+    my $lnk = '__ldir';
+    mkdir($dir, 0777);
+    symlink($dir, $lnk);
+
+    run_make_test(qq!all: ; \@echo \$(wildcard $lnk*/.)!, '', "$lnk/.");
+
+    unlink($lnk);
+    rmdir($dir);
+}
+
 1;