diff --git a/include/media/mediascanner.h b/include/media/mediascanner.h
index 74c9d5d..df5be32 100644
--- a/include/media/mediascanner.h
+++ b/include/media/mediascanner.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
     bool addStringTag(const char* name, const char* value);
     void endFile();
 
-    virtual bool scanFile(const char* path, long long lastModified, long long fileSize) = 0;
+    virtual bool scanFile(const char* path, long long lastModified,
+            long long fileSize, bool isDirectory) = 0;
     virtual bool handleStringTag(const char* name, const char* value) = 0;
     virtual bool setMimeType(const char* mimeType) = 0;
     virtual bool addNoMediaFolder(const char* path) = 0;
diff --git a/media/libmedia/MediaScanner.cpp b/media/libmedia/MediaScanner.cpp
index c31b622..5ec573e 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/MediaScanner.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/MediaScanner.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     // place to copy file or directory name
     char* fileSpot = path + strlen(path);
     struct dirent* entry;
+    struct stat statbuf;
 
     // ignore directories that contain a  ".nomedia" file
     if (pathRemaining >= 8 /* strlen(".nomedia") */ ) {
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@
             // If the type is unknown, stat() the file instead.
             // This is sometimes necessary when accessing NFS mounted filesystems, but
             // could be needed in other cases well.
-            struct stat statbuf;
             if (stat(path, &statbuf) == 0) {
                 if (S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode)) {
                     type = DT_REG;
@@ -142,8 +142,15 @@
                 // for example, the Mac ".Trashes" directory
                 if (name[0] == '.') continue;
 
+                // report the directory to the client
+                if (stat(path, &statbuf) == 0) {
+                    client.scanFile(path, statbuf.st_mtime, 0, true);
+                }
+
+                // and now process its contents
                 strcat(fileSpot, "/");
-                int err = doProcessDirectory(path, pathRemaining - nameLength - 1, client, exceptionCheck, exceptionEnv);
+                int err = doProcessDirectory(path, pathRemaining - nameLength - 1, client,
+                        exceptionCheck, exceptionEnv);
                 if (err) {
                     // pass exceptions up - ignore other errors
                     if (exceptionCheck && exceptionCheck(exceptionEnv)) goto failure;
@@ -151,11 +158,8 @@
                     continue;
                 }
             } else {
-                struct stat statbuf;
                 stat(path, &statbuf);
-                if (statbuf.st_size > 0) {
-                    client.scanFile(path, statbuf.st_mtime, statbuf.st_size);
-                }
+                client.scanFile(path, statbuf.st_mtime, statbuf.st_size, false);
                 if (exceptionCheck && exceptionCheck(exceptionEnv)) goto failure;
             }
         }