diff --git a/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py b/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
index 4013d25..1cd5f1f 100644
--- a/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
+++ b/jupyterlab-snippets/loader.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def __init__(self):
     def collect_snippets(self):
         snippets = []
         for root_path in self.snippet_paths:
-            for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_path):
+            for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_path, followlinks=True):
                 for f in filenames:
                     fullpath = PurePath(dirpath).relative_to(root_path).joinpath(f)