diff --git a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
index 032008d2f..10d2dff30 100644
--- a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void DFManager::init( Glib::ustring pathname )
 
     try {
 
-        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ();
+        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ("standard::name");
 
         while (auto file = enumerator->next_file ()) {
             names.emplace_back (Glib::build_filename (pathname, file->get_name ()));
diff --git a/rtengine/ffmanager.cc b/rtengine/ffmanager.cc
index 04da44048..783c18bf7 100644
--- a/rtengine/ffmanager.cc
+++ b/rtengine/ffmanager.cc
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void FFManager::init( Glib::ustring pathname )
 
     try {
 
-        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ();
+        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ("standard::name");
 
         while (auto file = enumerator->next_file ()) {
             names.emplace_back (Glib::build_filename (pathname, file->get_name ()));
diff --git a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
index eafef775a..236dbae6a 100644
--- a/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
+++ b/rtgui/filecatalog.cc
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ std::vector<Glib::ustring> FileCatalog::getFileList ()
 
         auto dir = Gio::File::create_for_path (selectedDirectory);
 
-        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ();
+        auto enumerator = dir->enumerate_children ("standard::name");
 
         while (auto file = enumerator->next_file ()) {