diff --git a/drivers/sftp/meta.go b/drivers/sftp/meta.go
index d77398f3..bdc3d827 100644
--- a/drivers/sftp/meta.go
+++ b/drivers/sftp/meta.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type Addition struct {
 	PrivateKey string `json:"private_key" type:"text"`
 	Password   string `json:"password"`
 	driver.RootPath
+	IgnoreSymlinkError bool `json:"ignore_symlink_error" default:"false" info:"Ignore symlink error"`
 }
 
 var config = driver.Config{
diff --git a/drivers/sftp/types.go b/drivers/sftp/types.go
index 70a03b98..493e884c 100644
--- a/drivers/sftp/types.go
+++ b/drivers/sftp/types.go
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ func (d *SFTP) fileToObj(f os.FileInfo, dir string) (model.Obj, error) {
 	}
 	_f, err := d.client.Stat(target)
 	if err != nil {
+		if d.IgnoreSymlinkError {
+			return &model.Object{
+				Name:     f.Name(),
+				Size:     f.Size(),
+				Modified: f.ModTime(),
+				IsFolder: f.IsDir(),
+			}, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// set basic info