diff --git a/src/ec_file.erl b/src/ec_file.erl
index cda2ca1..46f14e9 100644
--- a/src/ec_file.erl
+++ b/src/ec_file.erl
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ is_symlink(Path) ->
             false
     end.
 %% @doc returns the type of the file.
--spec type(file:name()) -> file | symlink | directory.
+-spec type(file:name()) -> file | symlink | directory | undefined.
 type(Path) ->
     case filelib:is_regular(Path) of
         true ->
@@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ type(Path) ->
         false ->
             case is_symlink(Path) of
                 true ->
-                    symlink;
-                false ->
-                    directory
+                    symlink;  
+                false -> case filelib:is_dir(Path) of
+                             true -> directory;
+                             false -> undefined
+                         end
             end
+
     end.
 %% @doc gets the real path of a directory. This is mostly useful for
 %% resolving symlinks. Be aware that this temporarily changes the