diff --git a/portable.h b/portable.h
index 91be3991..b79f94e8 100644
--- a/portable.h
+++ b/portable.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct windows_stat {
 	int64_t st_size;
 	int64_t st_mtime;
 	uint32_t st_mode;
+	uint32_t st_nlink;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ static inline void windows_info2stat(const BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION* info, str
 	st->st_ino = info->nFileIndexHigh;
 	st->st_ino <<= 32;
 	st->st_ino |= info->nFileIndexLow;
+
+	st->st_nlink = info->nNumberOfLinks;
 }
 
 static inline int windows_fstat(int fd, struct windows_stat* st)
diff --git a/scan.c b/scan.c
index 77d645b0..c91b3eaf 100644
--- a/scan.c
+++ b/scan.c
@@ -124,8 +124,13 @@ static void scan_file(struct snapraid_scan* scan, struct snapraid_state* state,
 	if (file) {
 		/* check if multiple files have the same inode */
 		if (file->is_present) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Internal inode '%llu' inconsistency for file '%s'\n", inode, sub);
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			if (st->st_nlink > 1) {
+				printf("warning: Ignored hardlink '/%s'\n", sub);
+				return;
+			} else {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Internal inode '%llu' inconsistency for file '%s'\n", inode, sub);
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* check if the file is not changed */
@@ -255,7 +260,7 @@ static void scan_dir(struct snapraid_scan* scan, struct snapraid_state* state, s
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (state->verbose) {
-				printf("warning: Ignored file '/%s'\n", sub_next);
+				printf("warning: Ignored special file '/%s'\n", sub_next);
 			}
 		}
 	}