diff --git a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
index adad324f..c093705a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/conflict.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans, char *roo
 
 		/* loop over each file to be installed */
 		for(j = tmpfiles; j; j = j->next) {
+			int skip_conflict = 0;
 			filestr = j->data;
 
 			snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", root, filestr);
@@ -396,11 +397,17 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_db_find_fileconflicts(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans, char *roo
 			}
 			stat(path, &sbuf);
 
-			if(S_ISDIR(lsbuf.st_mode)) {
-				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is a directory, not a conflict\n", path);
-			} else if(S_ISLNK(lsbuf.st_mode) && S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) {
-				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is a symlink to a dir, hopefully not a conflict\n", path);
-			} else {
+			if(path[strlen(path)-1] == '/') {
+				if(S_ISDIR(lsbuf.st_mode)) {
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "%s is a directory, not a conflict\n", path);
+					skip_conflict = 1;
+				} else if(S_ISLNK(lsbuf.st_mode) && S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) {
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG,
+							"%s is a symlink to a dir, hopefully not a conflict\n", path);
+					skip_conflict = 1;
+				}
+			}
+			if(!skip_conflict) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "checking possible conflict: %s\n", path);
 
 				/* Make sure the possible conflict is not a symlink that points to a
diff --git a/pactest/tests/fileconflict003.py b/pactest/tests/fileconflict003.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89696fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/fileconflict003.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+self.description = "FS#8156"
+
+p1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
+p1.files = ["test/",
+            "test/file"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", p1)
+
+p2 = pmpkg("pkg2")
+p2.files = ["test2/",
+            "test2/file2",
+            "test -> test2"]
+self.addpkg2db("sync", p2)
+
+self.args = "-S pkg2"
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=1")
+self.addrule("PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg2")