diff --git a/internal/misc/getfiles.go b/internal/misc/getfiles.go
index 3c0eea1..552ff97 100644
--- a/internal/misc/getfiles.go
+++ b/internal/misc/getfiles.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package misc
 import (
 	"debug/elf"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -39,6 +40,24 @@ func getFile(file string, required bool) (files []string, err error) {
 		return RemoveDuplicates(files), nil
 	}
 
+	// If the file is a symlink we need to do this to prevent an infinite recursion
+	// loop:
+	// Symlinks need special handling to prevent infinite recursion:
+	// 1) add the symlink to the list of files
+	// 2) set file to dereferenced target
+	// 4) continue this function to either walk it if the target is a dir or add the
+	// target to the list of files
+	if s, err := os.Lstat(file); err != nil {
+		return files, err
+	} else if s.Mode()&fs.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+		files = append(files, file)
+		if target, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(file); err != nil {
+			return files, err
+		} else {
+			file = target
+		}
+	}
+
 	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Check if there is a Zstd-compressed version of the file