diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSource.java b/commons/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSource.java
index 5025ef8730f..a905128c174 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSource.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSource.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitOption;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public Set<String> listNames(String regex) throws IOException {
         // Consider only files in the given folder, do not go into folders
         Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
         int maxDepth = 1;
-        try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(directory, maxDepth)) {
+        try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(directory, maxDepth, FileVisitOption.FOLLOW_LINKS)) {
             var filenames = paths
                     .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
                     .map(Path::getFileName)
diff --git a/commons/src/test/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSourceTest.java b/commons/src/test/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSourceTest.java
index cab00111655..7a470015875 100644
--- a/commons/src/test/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSourceTest.java
+++ b/commons/src/test/java/com/powsybl/commons/datasource/DirectoryDataSourceTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * @author Nicolas Rol {@literal <nicolas.rol at rte-france.com>}
@@ -169,4 +171,24 @@ protected DirectoryDataSource createDataSourceForPolynomialRegexTest() throws IO
         Files.createFile(testDir.resolve(filename));
         return new DirectoryDataSource(testDir, "");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSymbolicLink() throws IOException {
+        // Create a folder with a file
+        Path realPath = testDir.resolve("realPath");
+        Files.createDirectories(realPath);
+        Files.createFile(fileSystem.getPath(realPath + "/test_file.txt"));
+
+        // Create a symbolic link to the real path
+        Path symbolicPath = testDir.resolve("symbolicPath");
+        Files.createSymbolicLink(symbolicPath, realPath);
+
+        // Create two data sources
+        DirectoryDataSource datasourceOnRealPath = new DirectoryDataSource(realPath, "test_file");
+        DirectoryDataSource datasourceOnSymbolicPath = new DirectoryDataSource(symbolicPath, "test_file");
+        assertEquals(1, datasourceOnRealPath.listNames(".*").size());
+        assertEquals(1, datasourceOnSymbolicPath.listNames(".*").size());
+        assertTrue(datasourceOnRealPath.listNames(".*").contains("test_file.txt"));
+        assertTrue(datasourceOnSymbolicPath.listNames(".*").contains("test_file.txt"));
+    }
 }