diff --git a/lib/get-files.js b/lib/get-files.js
index 152923f..5daec1a 100644
--- a/lib/get-files.js
+++ b/lib/get-files.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import {resolve} from 'path'
 
 // Packages
 import flatten from 'arr-flatten'
-import unique from 'array-unique'
 import ignore from 'ignore'
+import Mode from 'stat-mode'
+import unique from 'array-unique'
 import {stat, readdir, readFile} from 'fs-promise'
 
 // Ours
@@ -51,13 +52,22 @@ export async function npm(path, pkg, {
   ).createFilter()
 
   const prefixLength = path.length + 1
-  const accepts = function (file) {
+  const accepts = async function (file) {
     const relativePath = file.substr(prefixLength)
 
     if (relativePath === '') {
       return true
     }
 
+    const st = await stat(file)
+    const mode = new Mode(st)
+    if (!(mode.isDirectory() || mode.isFile() || mode.isSymbolicLink())) {
+      if (debug) {
+        console.log('> [debug] ignoring special file "%s"', file)
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+
     const accepted = filter(relativePath)
     if (!accepted && debug) {
       console.log('> [debug] ignoring "%s"', file)
@@ -135,13 +145,22 @@ export async function docker(path, {
   ).createFilter()
 
   const prefixLength = path.length + 1
-  const accepts = function (file) {
+  const accepts = async function (file) {
     const relativePath = file.substr(prefixLength)
 
     if (relativePath === '') {
       return true
     }
 
+    const st = await stat(file)
+    const mode = new Mode(st)
+    if (!(mode.isDirectory() || mode.isFile() || mode.isSymbolicLink())) {
+      if (debug) {
+        console.log('> [debug] ignoring special file "%s"', file)
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+
     const accepted = filter(relativePath)
     if (!accepted && debug) {
       console.log('> [debug] ignoring "%s"', file)
@@ -187,7 +206,7 @@ const explode = async function (paths, {accepts}) {
     let path = file
     let s
 
-    if (!accepts(file)) {
+    if (!(await accepts(file))) {
       return null
     }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc375e0..2e45959 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "socket.io-client": "1.4.8",
     "spdy": "3.4.4",
     "split-array": "1.0.1",
+    "stat-mode": "0.2.2",
     "text-table": "0.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {