diff --git a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
index 72902e89bf19..c2de23af0bde 100644
--- a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -348,6 +348,20 @@ func (n *jfsObjects) ListObjects(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix, marker, de
 				AccTime: fi.ModTime(),
 			}
 		}
+
+		// replace links to external file systems with empty files
+		if eno == syscall.ENOTSUP {
+			now := time.Now()
+			obj = minio.ObjectInfo{
+				Bucket:  bucket,
+				Name:    object,
+				ModTime: now,
+				Size:    0,
+				IsDir:   false,
+				AccTime: now,
+			}
+			eno = 0
+		}
 		return obj, jfsToObjectErr(ctx, eno, bucket, object)
 	}