diff --git a/tests/ls/dired.sh b/tests/ls/dired.sh
index 7c6c03bd4..39a59d675 100755
--- a/tests/ls/dired.sh
+++ b/tests/ls/dired.sh
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ done
 # Also use multibyte characters to show --dired counts bytes not characters
 touch dir/1a dir/2á || framework_failure_
 mkdir -p dir/3dir || framework_failure_
+touch dir/aaa || framework_failure_
+ln -s target dir/0aaa_link || framework_failure_
 
 ls -l --dired dir > out || fail=1
 
 dired_values=$(grep "//DIRED//" out| cut -d' ' -f2-)
-expected_files="1a 2á 3dir"
+expected_files="0aaa_link 1a 2á 3dir aaa"
 
 dired_count=$(printf '%s\n' $dired_values | wc -l)
 expected_count=$(printf '%s\n' $expected_files | wc -l)
@@ -60,6 +62,12 @@ set -- $dired_values
 while test "$#" -gt 0; do
   extracted_filename=$(head -c "$2" out | tail -c+"$(($1 + 1))")
   expected_file=$(echo $expected_files | cut -d' ' -f$index)
+
+  # For symlinks, compare only the symlink name, ignoring the target part.
+  if echo "$extracted_filename" | grep ' -> ' > /dev/null; then
+    extracted_filename=$(echo "$extracted_filename" | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  fi
+
   if test "$extracted_filename" != "$expected_file"; then
     echo "Mismatch! Expected: $expected_file, Found: $extracted_filename"
     fail=1