diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 353e9a5..1ed7316 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## next
 
+- Also check for root `meson.build` files which are symlinks
+
 ## 1.19.1
 
 - Fix extension not calling Meson correctly in some circumstances like Cygwin
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 7620a0e..d8159fe 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export async function mesonRootDirs(): Promise<string[]> {
     let hasMesonFile: boolean = false;
     let subdirs: vscode.Uri[] = [];
     for (const [name, type] of await vscode.workspace.fs.readDirectory(d)) {
-      if (type === vscode.FileType.File && name == "meson.build") {
+      if ((type === vscode.FileType.File || type === vscode.FileType.SymbolicLink) && name == "meson.build") {
         rootDirs.push(d.fsPath);
         hasMesonFile = true;
         break;