diff --git a/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts b/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
index ddbc8918d..d39bf89b4 100644
--- a/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
+++ b/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { SecretFilesMessage, VaultFileNode } from '../types';
 import path from 'path';
 import { ServerHandler } from '@matrixai/rpc';
 import { generateStats } from '../../vaults/fileTree';
+import { StatEncoded } from '../../vaults/types';
 import * as vaultsUtils from '../../vaults/utils';
 import * as vaultsErrors from '../../vaults/errors';
 import * as clientErrors from '../errors';
@@ -46,12 +47,23 @@ class VaultsSecretsGetFileTree extends ServerHandler<
 
           for await (const file of files) {
             try {
-              const stat = await fs.promises.stat(file);
+              const stat = await fs.promises.lstat(file);
               const type = stat.isFile() ? 'FILE' : 'DIRECTORY';
+              let stats: StatEncoded | undefined;
+
+              if (input.yieldStats) {
+                stats = generateStats(stat);
+                if (stats.isSymbolicLink) {
+                  // @ts-ignore: Again, the types don't fully match, but it works.
+                  stats.symbolicLinkTarget = await fs.promises.readlink(file);
+                }
+              } else {
+                stats = undefined;
+              }
               yield {
                 path: file,
                 type: type,
-                stat: input.yieldStats ? generateStats(stat) : undefined,
+                stat: stats,
               };
             } catch (e) {
               throw new clientErrors.ErrorClientFSReadFailed(
diff --git a/src/vaults/types.ts b/src/vaults/types.ts
index a4609718c..d768ac3b8 100644
--- a/src/vaults/types.ts
+++ b/src/vaults/types.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ type INode = number;
 
 type StatEncoded = {
   isSymbolicLink: boolean;
+  symbolicLinkTarget?: string,
   dev: number;
   ino: number;
   mode: number;