diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/module/ModulePath.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/module/ModulePath.java
index 99713872588..6939425f8fc 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/module/ModulePath.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/module/ModulePath.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.lang.module.ModuleFinder;
 import java.lang.module.ModuleReference;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitOption;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import java.util.zip.ZipException;
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 
@@ -663,10 +665,10 @@ public class ModulePath implements ModuleFinder {
     // -- exploded directories --
 
     private Set<String> explodedPackages(Path dir) {
-        try {
-            return Files.find(dir, Integer.MAX_VALUE,
-                    ((path, attrs) -> attrs.isRegularFile() && !isHidden(path)))
-                    .map(path -> dir.relativize(path))
+        try (Stream<Path> s = Files.find(dir, Integer.MAX_VALUE,
+                    ((path, attrs) -> attrs.isRegularFile() && !isHidden(path)),
+                    FileVisitOption.FOLLOW_LINKS)) {
+            return s.map(path -> dir.relativize(path))
                     .map(this::toPackageName)
                     .flatMap(Optional::stream)
                     .collect(Collectors.toSet());