diff --git a/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/corerun.hpp b/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/corerun.hpp
index 02cf63915874fb..9781299c8049ef 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/corerun.hpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/corerun.hpp
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ namespace pal
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Ignore directories
+        if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Verify that the path points to a file
         if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
         {