diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
index dbc44481..1cd5cb97 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ int
 fuse_reply_readlink(fuse_req_t *req,
                     const char *linkname)
 {
+  if(linkname)
+    return fuse_reply_err(req,EIO);
+
   if(fuse_cfg.debug)
     fuse_debug_readlink(req->ctx.unique,linkname);