diff --git a/xorriso/base_obj.c b/xorriso/base_obj.c
index 07451919..81f9a9fc 100644
--- a/xorriso/base_obj.c
+++ b/xorriso/base_obj.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ int Xorriso_new(struct XorrisO ** xorriso,char *progname, int flag)
  m->do_follow_param= 0;
  m->do_follow_links= 0;
  m->follow_link_limit= 100;
+ m->resolve_link_rec_count= 0;
+ m->resolve_link_rec_limit= 100;
  m->do_follow_mount= 1;
  m->do_global_uid= 0;
  m->global_uid= 0;
diff --git a/xorriso/disk_ops.c b/xorriso/disk_ops.c
index 3d0c129d..36d9c4f7 100644
--- a/xorriso/disk_ops.c
+++ b/xorriso/disk_ops.c
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
 
 
 /* @param flag bit0= simple readlink(): no normalization, no multi-hop
+               bit1= this is potentially a recursion
 */
-int Xorriso_resolve_link(struct XorrisO *xorriso,
-                     char *link_path, char result_path[SfileadrL], int flag)
+int Xorriso_resolve_link(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *link_path,
+                         char result_path[SfileadrL], int flag)
 {
  ssize_t l;
  struct stat stbuf;
@@ -45,6 +46,19 @@ int Xorriso_resolve_link(struct XorrisO *xorriso,
  char *buf= NULL, *dirbuf= NULL, *lpt, *spt;
  static int link_limit= 100;
 
+ if(flag & 1) {
+   xorriso->resolve_link_rec_count++;
+   if(xorriso->resolve_link_rec_count > xorriso->resolve_link_rec_limit) {
+     Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, link_path, 0, "ERRFILE", 0);
+     sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Too many link recursions before : ");
+     Text_shellsafe(link_path, xorriso->info_text, 1);
+     Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, show_errno,
+                         "FAILURE", 0);
+     {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+   }
+ } else
+   xorriso->resolve_link_rec_count= 0;
+
  Xorriso_alloc_meM(buf, char, SfileadrL);
  Xorriso_alloc_meM(dirbuf, char, SfileadrL);
 
@@ -99,8 +113,9 @@ handle_abort:;
    break;
    }
    ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, dirbuf, buf, result_path, 2|4);
-   if(ret<=0)
+   if(ret<=0) {
      goto ex;
+   }
 
    if(lstat(result_path, &stbuf)==-1) {
      lpt= result_path;
@@ -125,6 +140,8 @@ too_many_hops:;
 ex:;
  Xorriso_free_meM(buf);
  Xorriso_free_meM(dirbuf);
+ if(xorriso->resolve_link_rec_count > 0)
+   xorriso->resolve_link_rec_count--;
  return(ret);
 }
 
@@ -806,7 +823,7 @@ int Xorriso_lsx_filev(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *wd,
 
  /* Count valid nodes, warn of invalid ones */
  for(i= 0; i<filec; i++) {
-   ret= Xorriso_make_abs_adr(xorriso, wd, filev[i], path, 1|2|4);
+   ret= Xorriso_make_abs_adr(xorriso, wd, filev[i], path, 1|2|4|8);
    if(ret<=0) {
      was_error++;
  continue;
diff --git a/xorriso/iso_tree.c b/xorriso/iso_tree.c
index 3385d3d5..53a9ba31 100644
--- a/xorriso/iso_tree.c
+++ b/xorriso/iso_tree.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 /* @param eff_path  returns resulting effective path.
                     Must provide at least SfileadrL bytes of storage.
    @param flag bit0= do not produce problem events (unless faulty path format)
-               bit1= work purely literally, do not use libisofs
-               bit2= (with bit1) this is an address in the disk world
+               bit1= do not use libisofs (work literally or in disk world)
+               bit2= (implies bit1) this is an address in the disk world
                bit3= return root directory as "/" and not as ""
                bit4= (with bit2) determine type of disk file eff_path
                      and return 0 if not existing
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ int Xorriso_normalize_img_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *wd,
  IsoImage *volume;
  IsoDir *dir= NULL;
  IsoNode *node= NULL;
- char *path= NULL, *apt, *npt, *cpt;
+ char *path= NULL, *apt, *npt, *cpt, *link_target= NULL;
 
  Xorriso_alloc_meM(path, char, SfileadrL);
+ Xorriso_alloc_meM(link_target, char, SfileadrL);
 
+ if(flag & 4)
+   flag|= 2;
  if((flag&64) || !(flag&2)) {
    ret= Xorriso_get_volume(xorriso, &volume, 0);
    if(ret<=0)
@@ -129,13 +132,31 @@ bonked_root:;
          {ret= -1; goto ex;}
        }
        dir= iso_node_get_parent(node);
+
+       /* >>> Get absolute path of dir as eff_path, to avoid link problems */; 
+
      }
+     if(flag & 4) {
+       /* Linux-ish local filesystem semantics:
+          If the parent is a symbolic link, do not ascend to its parent,
+          but to the parent of the link target.
+          >>> ??? Are there systems which do it differently ?
+       */
+       if(Sfile_type(eff_path, 0) == 3) {
+         ret= Xorriso_resolve_link(xorriso, eff_path, link_target, 2);
+         if(ret <= 0)
+           {ret= -1; goto ex;}
+         strcpy(eff_path, link_target);
+       }
+     }
+
      /* truncate eff_path */;
      cpt= strrchr(eff_path, '/');
      if(cpt==NULL) /* ??? if not flag&2 then this is a bug */
        goto bonked_root;
      *cpt= 0;
      is_dir= 1;
+
  continue;
    }
    is_dir= 0;
@@ -171,6 +192,7 @@ much_too_long:;
  ret= 1+!!is_dir;
 ex:;
  Xorriso_free_meM(path);
+ Xorriso_free_meM(link_target);
  return(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_private.h b/xorriso/xorriso_private.h
index f4c79654..b4ec5cf1 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_private.h
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_private.h
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ struct XorrisO { /* the global context of xorriso */
  int do_follow_param;
  int do_follow_links;
  int follow_link_limit;
+ int resolve_link_rec_count;
+ int resolve_link_rec_limit;
  int do_follow_mount;
  int do_global_uid;
  uid_t global_uid;
diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index 2ed6875c..93672903 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2014.02.09.141412"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2014.02.10.104827"