diff --git a/hpath-posix/hpath-posix.cabal b/hpath-posix/hpath-posix.cabal
index c754b4c..140d654 100644
--- a/hpath-posix/hpath-posix.cabal
+++ b/hpath-posix/hpath-posix.cabal
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ library
   build-depends:         base                >= 4.8  && <5
                        , IfElse
                        , bytestring          >= 0.10
+                       , deepseq
                        , exceptions          >= 0.10
                        , hpath-filepath      >= 0.10.3
                        , safe-exceptions     >= 0.1
diff --git a/hpath-posix/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/Traversals.hs b/hpath-posix/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/Traversals.hs
index a45defd..d5c5bbc 100644
--- a/hpath-posix/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/Traversals.hs
+++ b/hpath-posix/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/Traversals.hs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ module System.Posix.RawFilePath.Directory.Traversals (
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 #endif
+import Control.DeepSeq
 import Control.Monad
 import System.Posix.FilePath ((</>))
 import System.Posix.Foreign
@@ -193,10 +194,11 @@ readDirEnt (unpackDirStream -> dirp) =
     if (r == 0)
        then do
          dEnt <- peek ptr_dEnt
+         putStrLn $ "readDirEnt dEnt " ++ (show dEnt)
          if (dEnt == nullPtr)
             then return (dtUnknown,BS.empty)
             else do
-                 dName <- c_name dEnt >>= peekFilePath
+                 dName <- c_name dEnt >>= peekFilePath >>= evaluate . force
                  dType <- c_type dEnt
                  c_freeDirEnt dEnt
                  putStrLn $ "readDirEnt" ++ (show dName)