diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/filesystem/FileClassifier.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/filesystem/FileClassifier.java
index 5d02c966252..afda370049b 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/filesystem/FileClassifier.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/filesystem/FileClassifier.java
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ public class FileClassifier extends Thread
 
         boolean matchesExe = (fulltype.indexOf(STR_EXECUTABLE) > -1);
         boolean matchesScript = (fulltype.indexOf(STR_SCRIPT) > -1);
+        
         // shared
         if (matchesLib && (name.endsWith(STR_DOT_A) || name.endsWith(STR_DOT_SO) || name.indexOf(STR_DOT_SO_DOT) > 0))
         {
@@ -441,6 +442,10 @@ public class FileClassifier extends Thread
         {
             type = resolveSymbolicLink(parentFile, name, fulltype, symbolicLinkStr, resolveLink, specialEncoding);
         }
+        else
+        {
+        	type = fulltype;
+        }
 
         return type;
     }