diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c b/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
index 1700fcdb..1d94732b 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-gio-utils.c
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 GFileType
 ot_gfile_type_for_mode (guint32 mode)
 {
-  if (S_ISREG (mode))
+  if (S_ISDIR (mode))
+    return G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY;
+  else if (S_ISREG (mode))
     return G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR;
   else if (S_ISLNK (mode))
     return G_FILE_TYPE_SYMBOLIC_LINK;