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diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 0495207..cef766d 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -999,6 +999,13 @@ bool eval_xtype(const struct bfs_expr *expr, struct bfs_eval *state) {
const struct BFTW *ftwbuf = state->ftwbuf;
enum bfs_stat_flags flags = ftwbuf->stat_flags ^ (BFS_STAT_NOFOLLOW | BFS_STAT_TRYFOLLOW);
enum bfs_type type = bftw_type(ftwbuf, flags);
+
+ // GNU find treats ELOOP as a broken symbolic link for -xtype l
+ // (but not -L -type l)
+ if ((flags & BFS_STAT_TRYFOLLOW) && type == BFS_ERROR && errno == ELOOP) {
+ type = BFS_LNK;
+ }
+
if (type == BFS_ERROR) {
eval_report_error(state);
return false;