diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
index 98ce3f5..b111992 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     rm -f $ONOS_TAR >/dev/null; ln -s $BUCK_TAR $ONOS_TAR
 fi
 
-ls -l $ONOS_TAR  && cksum $ONOS_TAR
+ls -lL $ONOS_TAR  && cksum $ONOS_TAR
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "ONOS archive is unreadable" && exit 1
 fi