diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ea896b99..e18cbd83 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ if [ "$1" = 'mysqld' -a -z "$wantHelp" ]; then
 
 		echo
 		for f in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*; do
+			if [ ! -f "$f" ]; then
+		        	echo "$0: ignoring $f (not a file)"; echo
+		        	continue
+		    	fi
 			case "$f" in
 				*.sh)     echo "$0: running $f"; . "$f" ;;
 				*.sql)    echo "$0: running $f"; "${mysql[@]}" < "$f"; echo ;;