diff --git a/include/binaries b/include/binaries
index 07bd557c..a5d8ec45 100644
--- a/include/binaries
+++ b/include/binaries
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@
         Display --indent 2 --text "- Checking system binaries..."
         logtext "Status: Starting binary scan..."
         for SCANDIR in ${BINPATHS}; do
-            logtext "Test: Checking binaries in directory ${SCANDIR}"
-            if [ -d ${SCANDIR} ]; then
+            logtext "Test: Check if directory exists and is not a symlink"
+            if [ -d ${SCANDIR} -a ! -L ${SCANDIR} ]; then
+                logtext "Test: Checking binaries in directory ${SCANDIR}"
                 Display --indent 4 --text "- Checking ${SCANDIR}... " --result FOUND --color GREEN
                 SCANNEDPATHS="${SCANNEDPATHS}, ${SCANDIR}"
                 logtext "Directory ${SCANDIR} exists. Starting directory scanning..."
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@
                 done
               else
                 Display --indent 4 --text "- Checking ${SCANDIR}... " --result "NOT FOUND" --color WHITE
-                logtext "Directory ${SCANDIR} does NOT exist."
+                logtext "Directory ${SCANDIR} does NOT exist or is a symlink."
             fi
             logtextbreak
         done