diff --git a/buildscripts/errorcodes.py b/buildscripts/errorcodes.py
index cce94f394c7..a9243128c5a 100755
--- a/buildscripts/errorcodes.py
+++ b/buildscripts/errorcodes.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def getAllSourceFiles( arr=None , prefix="." ):
         if x.startswith( "." ) or x.startswith( "pcre-" ) or x.startswith( "32bit" ) or x.startswith( "mongodb-" ) or x.startswith("debian") or x.startswith( "mongo-cxx-driver" ):
             continue
         full = prefix + "/" + x
-        if os.path.isdir( full ):
+        if os.path.isdir( full ) and not os.path.islink( full ):
             getAllSourceFiles( arr , full )
         else:
             if full.endswith( ".cpp" ) or full.endswith( ".h" ) or full.endswith( ".c" ):