diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
index 1151bf7b71..ea64c4e38e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
 #include <LibCore/DirIterator.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 namespace Core {
 
@@ -60,6 +62,18 @@ bool DirIterator::advance_next()
         m_next = DirectoryEntry::from_stat(m_dir, *de);
 #else
         m_next = DirectoryEntry::from_dirent(*de);
+
+        // dirent structures from readdir aren't guaranteed to contain valid file types,
+        // as it is possible that the underlying filesystem doesn't keep track of those.
+        if (m_next->type == DirectoryEntry::Type::Unknown && !m_next->name.is_empty()) {
+            struct stat statbuf;
+            if (fstatat(dirfd(m_dir), de->d_name, &statbuf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0) {
+                m_error = Error::from_errno(errno);
+                dbgln("DirIteration error: {}", m_error.value());
+                return false;
+            }
+            m_next->type = DirectoryEntry::directory_entry_type_from_stat(statbuf.st_mode);
+        }
 #endif
 
         if (m_next->name.is_empty())
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.cpp
index 8790c8ef6a..c0f9391683 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace Core {
 
-static DirectoryEntry::Type directory_entry_type_from_stat(mode_t st_mode)
+DirectoryEntry::Type DirectoryEntry::directory_entry_type_from_stat(mode_t st_mode)
 {
     switch (st_mode & S_IFMT) {
     case S_IFIFO:
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.h
index 7244ec83dd..c2927435ce 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/DirectoryEntry.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct DirectoryEntry {
     ByteString name;
     ino_t inode_number;
 
+    static Type directory_entry_type_from_stat(mode_t st_mode);
     static DirectoryEntry from_dirent(dirent const&);
     static DirectoryEntry from_stat(DIR*, dirent const&);
 };