diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/x509-broken-symlink-handling.txt b/ChangeLog.d/x509-broken-symlink-handling.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52288dc08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.d/x509-broken-symlink-handling.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix
+   * Fix handling of broken symlinks when loading certificates using
+     mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_path(). Instead of returning an error as soon as a
+     broken link is encountered, skip the broken link and continue parsing
+     other certificate files. Contributed by Eduardo Silva in #2602.
diff --git a/library/x509_crt.c b/library/x509_crt.c
index 5677a5c57..ad235bfe0 100644
--- a/library/x509_crt.c
+++ b/library/x509_crt.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #else
 #include <dirent.h>
 #endif /* __MBED__ */
+#include <errno.h>
 #endif /* !_WIN32 || EFIX64 || EFI32 */
 #endif
 
@@ -1658,8 +1659,22 @@ cleanup:
         }
         else if( stat( entry_name, &sb ) == -1 )
         {
-            ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_FILE_IO_ERROR;
-            goto cleanup;
+            if( errno == ENOENT )
+            {
+                /* Broken symbolic link - ignore this entry.
+                    stat(2) will return this error for either (a) a dangling
+                    symlink or (b) a missing file.
+                    Given that we have just obtained the filename from readdir,
+                    assume that it does exist and therefore treat this as a
+                    dangling symlink. */
+                continue;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                /* Some other file error; report the error. */
+                ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_FILE_IO_ERROR;
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
         }
 
         if( !S_ISREG( sb.st_mode ) )