diff --git a/cmake/config_generator_project.cmake b/cmake/config_generator_project.cmake
index eca67af3a65553beb6e0fbd87fbe80750d3091c5..87b381f3c92174e41c5c26e42200bcc43184308b 100644
--- a/cmake/config_generator_project.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config_generator_project.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endforeach()
 
 # copy all server type directories to the build directory
 foreach(servertype ${servertypes})
-  file(GLOB_RECURSE files RELATIVE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${servertype}/*)
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE files FOLLOW_SYMLINKS RELATIVE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${servertype}/*)
   foreach(f ${files})
     configure_file("${f}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${f}" COPYONLY)
   endforeach()