diff --git a/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls.cc b/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls.cc
index 38025a0d7677b403d75cc8d5d4dca3aa6129ed1b..038af116ccbb3bd95196e2a24d983bc9591dcc0b 100644
--- a/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls.cc
+++ b/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls.cc
@@ -158,9 +158,11 @@ bool FtpDirectoryListingParserLs::ConsumeLine(const string16& line) {
   entry.name = FtpUtil::GetStringPartAfterColumns(line, 6 + column_offset);
   if (entry.type == FtpDirectoryListingEntry::SYMLINK) {
     string16::size_type pos = entry.name.rfind(ASCIIToUTF16(" -> "));
-    if (pos == string16::npos)
-      return false;
-    entry.name = entry.name.substr(0, pos);
+
+    // We don't require the " -> " to be present. Some FTP servers don't send
+    // the symlink target, possibly for security reasons.
+    if (pos != string16::npos)
+      entry.name = entry.name.substr(0, pos);
   }
 
   entries_.push(entry);
diff --git a/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls_unittest.cc b/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls_unittest.cc
index 44c3eb612cddd3683d1569e19bad7b276d199402..2b57b403628bfbbadffddf626c166ccbfed8c9f3 100644
--- a/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls_unittest.cc
+++ b/net/ftp/ftp_directory_listing_parser_ls_unittest.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ TEST_F(FtpDirectoryListingParserLsTest, Good) {
     { "drwxrwxrwx   1 owner    group               0 Sep 13  0:30 audio",
       net::FtpDirectoryListingEntry::DIRECTORY, "audio", -1,
       1994, 9, 13, 0, 30 },
+    { "lrwxrwxrwx 1 0  0 26 Sep 18 2008 pub",
+      net::FtpDirectoryListingEntry::SYMLINK, "pub", -1,
+      2008, 9, 18, 0, 0 },
 
     // Tests for the wu-ftpd variant:
     { "drwxr-xr-x   2 sys          512 Mar 27  2009 pub",