diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/migrate_to_3.py b/invokeai/backend/install/migrate_to_3.py
index 3f360f291d..0938ed2199 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/migrate_to_3.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/migrate_to_3.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class MigrateTo3(object):
         appropriate location within the destination models directory.
         """
         directories_scanned = set()
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src_dir):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src_dir, followlinks=True):
             for d in dirs:
                 try:
                     model = Path(root, d)
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/image_degradation/utils_image.py b/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/image_degradation/utils_image.py
index d45ca602e6..fb71f85e5a 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/image_degradation/utils_image.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/image_degradation/utils_image.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_image_paths(dataroot):
 def _get_paths_from_images(path):
     assert os.path.isdir(path), "{:s} is not a valid directory".format(path)
     images = []
-    for dirpath, _, fnames in sorted(os.walk(path)):
+    for dirpath, _, fnames in sorted(os.walk(path, followlinks=True)):
         for fname in sorted(fnames):
             if is_image_file(fname):
                 img_path = os.path.join(dirpath, fname)