--- coreutils-6.9/src/ls.c~	2007-07-13 15:16:18.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-6.9/src/ls.c	2007-07-13 15:18:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -2575,7 +2575,7 @@ gobble_file (char const *name, enum file
 	 assertion that the inode number is not yet known.  */
       || (print_inode && inode == NOT_AN_INODE_NUMBER)
       || (format_needs_type
-	  && (type == unknown || command_line_arg
+	  && (type == unknown || command_line_arg || symbolic_link
 	      /* --indicator-style=classify (aka -F)
 		 requires that we stat each regular file
 		 to see if it's executable.  */