diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 755ac271e..72cc737c6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ function(link_to_source base_name)
             endif()
         else()
             if (IS_DIRECTORY ${target})
-                file(GLOB_RECURSE files FOLLOW_SYMLINKS LIST_DIRECTORIES false RELATIVE ${target} "${target}/*")
+                file(GLOB_RECURSE files FOLLOW_SYMLINKS RELATIVE ${target} "${target}/*")
                 foreach(file IN LISTS files)
-                    configure_file("${target}/${file}" "${link}/${file}" COPYONLY)
+                    if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${target}/${file}")
+                        configure_file("${target}/${file}" "${link}/${file}" COPYONLY)
+                    endif()
                 endforeach(file)
             else()
                 configure_file(${target} ${link} COPYONLY)