diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index 6b090208a1..861e25037b 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ Libc::File_descriptor *Libc::Vfs_plugin::open(char const *path, int flags,
 		case Result::OPEN_ERR_UNACCESSIBLE:
 			{
 				if (!(flags & O_CREAT)) {
+					if (flags & O_NOFOLLOW) {
+					        errno = ELOOP;
+					        return 0;
+					}
 					errno = ENOENT;
 					return 0;
 				}