diff --git a/src/services/sharedFolder.js b/src/services/sharedFolder.js
index faf39439c5..220ecdcf70 100644
--- a/src/services/sharedFolder.js
+++ b/src/services/sharedFolder.js
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ module.exports = {
     cb(null, utils.walkSync(this.sharedFolder, {}, this.sharedFolder))
   },
 
+  resolveDirectory: function (args, cb) {
+    try {
+      var path = utils.absolutePath(args.path, this.sharedFolder)
+      cb(null, utils.resolveDirectory(path, this.sharedFolder))
+    } catch (e) {
+      cb(e)
+    }
+  },
+
   get: function (args, cb) {
     var path = utils.absolutePath(args.path, this.sharedFolder)
     if (!isRealPath(path, cb)) return
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 215df8d58e..86bd00917b 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var pathModule = require('path')
 module.exports = {
   absolutePath: absolutePath,
   relativePath: relativePath,
-  walkSync: walkSync
+  walkSync: walkSync,
+  resolveDirectory: resolveDirectory
 }
 
 /**
@@ -59,3 +60,16 @@ function walkSync (dir, filelist, sharedFolder) {
   })
   return filelist
 }
+
+function resolveDirectory (dir, sharedFolder) {
+  var ret = {}
+  var files = fs.readdirSync(dir)
+  files.forEach(function (file) {
+    var subElement = path.join(dir, file)
+    if (!fs.lstatSync(subElement).isSymbolicLink()) {
+      var relative = relativePath(subElement, sharedFolder)
+      ret[relative] = { isDirectory: fs.statSync(subElement).isDirectory() }
+    }
+  })
+  return ret
+}