diff --git a/ports/checkportstree b/ports/checkportstree
index ee61f51..aa39558 100755
--- a/ports/checkportstree
+++ b/ports/checkportstree
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ clean() {
 }
 
 find_packages() {
-    find $PORTS_DIR -name '*.pkg.tar.gz' | sed 's|^.*/||;s|#.*$||' | sort > $PKGS_D
+    find -L $PORTS_DIR -name '*.pkg.tar.gz' | sed 's|^.*/||;s|#.*$||' | sort > $PKGS_D
     cat $PKGS_D | uniq > $PKGS_U
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ outdated_pkg() {
 outdated() {
     local prt otd
     for prt in $(cat $ALL_PKGS); do
-        pushd $(find $PORTS_DIR -maxdepth 2 -name $prt -type d) > /dev/null
+        pushd $(find -L $PORTS_DIR -maxdepth 2 -name $prt -type d) > /dev/null
         otd="$otd  $(outdated_pkg)"
         popd > /dev/null
     done