diff --git a/src/GParted_Core.cc b/src/GParted_Core.cc
index e194fece..5799f8be 100644
--- a/src/GParted_Core.cc
+++ b/src/GParted_Core.cc
@@ -644,16 +644,21 @@ void GParted_Core::read_mountpoints_from_file(
 		{
 			node       = Utils::regexp_label( line, "^(/[^ \t]+)[ \t]+[^ \t]+" ) ;
 			mountpoint = Utils::regexp_label( line, "^/[^ \t]+[ \t]+([^ \t]+)" ) ;
-			if ( mountpoint .length() > 0 &&
-			     node .length() > 0 &&
-			     node != "/dev/root" )
+			if ( mountpoint .length() > 0 && node .length() > 0 )
 			{
+				//If node is a symbolic link (e.g., /dev/root), then find real path
+				if ( file_test( node, Glib::FILE_TEST_IS_SYMLINK ) )
+				{
+					char c_str[4096+1] ;
+					Glib::ustring tmp_node = node ;
+					//FIXME: it seems realpath is very unsafe to use (manpage)...
+					realpath( tmp_node .c_str(), c_str ) ;
+					if ( tmp_node .length() > 0 )
+						node = tmp_node ;
+				}
 				//only add this path if it exists
 				if ( file_test( mountpoint, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS ) )
-				{
 					map[ node ] .push_back( mountpoint ) ;
-					//FIXME:  Should check if file is a symbolic link.  If so then find real path
-				}
 			}
 		}