diff -burN squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
--- squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c	2005-09-09 00:34:28.000000000 +0200
+++ squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c	2007-05-13 18:54:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@
 
 
 	for(i = 0; i < source; i++)
-		if(stat(source_path[i], &buf) == -1) {
+		if(lstat(source_path[i], &buf) == -1) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot stat source directory \"%s\" because %s\n", source_path[i], strerror(errno));
 			EXIT_MKSQUASHFS();
 		}