diff --git a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
index e7431be3..13b5ccbd 100644
--- a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace l
       return -errno;
 
     if(symlinkify_ && symlinkify::can_be_symlink(*st_,symlinkify_timeout_))
-      st_->st_mode = symlinkify::convert(st_->st_mode);
+      symlinkify::convert(fullpath,st_);
 
     fs::inode::calc(fusepath_,st_);
 
diff --git a/src/symlinkify.hpp b/src/symlinkify.hpp
index 628e1725..5f81effa 100644
--- a/src/symlinkify.hpp
+++ b/src/symlinkify.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include <string>
+
+
 namespace symlinkify
 {
   static
@@ -41,9 +44,12 @@ namespace symlinkify
 
   static
   inline
-  mode_t
-  convert(const mode_t mode_)
+  void
+  convert(const std::string &target_,
+          struct stat       *st_)
   {
-    return ((mode_ & ~S_IFMT) | S_IFLNK);
+    st_->st_mode = (((st_->st_mode & ~S_IFMT) | S_IFLNK) | 0777);
+    st_->st_size = target_.size();
+    st_->st_blocks = 0;
   }
 }