2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index 04058c8096d1..f2d7c49ce759 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -119,8 +119,13 @@ static int hfsplus_cat_build_record(hfsplus_cat_entry *entry, u32 cnid, struct i
                         file->access_date = hfsp_now2mt();
                 if (cnid == inode->i_ino) {
                         hfsplus_set_perms(inode, &file->permissions);
-                        file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).type);
-                        file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).creator);
+                        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+                                file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE);
+                                file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR);
+                        } else {
+                                file->user_info.fdType = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).type);
+                                file->user_info.fdCreator = cpu_to_be32(HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb).creator);
+                        }
                         if ((file->permissions.rootflags | file->permissions.userflags) & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
                                 file->flags |= cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FILE_LOCKED);
                 } else {
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
index ccc47966dc54..49205531a500 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 #define HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE      0x686c6e6b      /* 'hlnk' */
 #define HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR    0x6866732b      /* 'hfs+' */
 
+#define HFSP_SYMLINK_TYPE       0x736c6e6b      /* 'slnk' */
+#define HFSP_SYMLINK_CREATOR    0x72686170      /* 'rhap' */
+
 #define HFSP_MOUNT_VERSION      0x482b4c78      /* 'H+Lx' */
 
 /* Structures used on disk */