diff --git a/src/tailer/tailer.main.c b/src/tailer/tailer.main.c
index 5d8ef75a..a8edce06 100644
--- a/src/tailer/tailer.main.c
+++ b/src/tailer/tailer.main.c
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ int poll_paths(struct list *path_list)
                         strcmp(entry->d_name, "..") == 0) {
                         continue;
                     }
+                    if (entry->d_type != DT_REG) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
 
                     char full_path[PATH_MAX];