diff -r 80d002edc9c1 -r 3da42b593e1f Lib/distutils/filelist.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py	Sat Sep 19 10:55:20 2015 +0300
+++ b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py	Sat Sep 19 18:12:15 2015 +0200
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import os, re
 import fnmatch
+import functools
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsTemplateError, DistutilsInternalError
 from distutils import log
@@ -242,35 +243,28 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utility functions
 
+def _find_all_simple(path):
+    """
+    Find all files under 'path'
+    """
+    results = (
+        os.path.join(base, file)
+        for base, dirs, files in os.walk(path, followlinks=True)
+        for file in files
+    )
+    return filter(os.path.isfile, results)
+
+
 def findall(dir=os.curdir):
-    """Find all files under 'dir' and return the list of full filenames
-    (relative to 'dir').
     """
-    from stat import ST_MODE, S_ISREG, S_ISDIR, S_ISLNK
-
-    list = []
-    stack = [dir]
-    pop = stack.pop
-    push = stack.append
-
-    while stack:
-        dir = pop()
-        names = os.listdir(dir)
-
-        for name in names:
-            if dir != os.curdir:        # avoid the dreaded "./" syndrome
-                fullname = os.path.join(dir, name)
-            else:
-                fullname = name
-
-            # Avoid excess stat calls -- just one will do, thank you!
-            stat = os.stat(fullname)
-            mode = stat[ST_MODE]
-            if S_ISREG(mode):
-                list.append(fullname)
-            elif S_ISDIR(mode) and not S_ISLNK(mode):
-                push(fullname)
-    return list
+    Find all files under 'dir' and return the list of full filenames.
+    Unless dir is '.', return full filenames with dir prepended.
+    """
+    files = _find_all_simple(dir)
+    if dir == os.curdir:
+        make_rel = functools.partial(os.path.relpath, start=dir)
+        files = map(make_rel, files)
+    return list(files)
 
 
 def glob_to_re(pattern):
diff -r 80d002edc9c1 -r 3da42b593e1f Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py	Sat Sep 19 10:55:20 2015 +0300
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py	Sat Sep 19 18:12:15 2015 +0200
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 from distutils.log import WARN
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsTemplateError
 from distutils.filelist import glob_to_re, translate_pattern, FileList
+from distutils import filelist
 
-from test.support import captured_stdout, run_unittest
+import test.support
+from test.support import captured_stdout
 from distutils.tests import support
 
 MANIFEST_IN = """\
@@ -292,8 +294,40 @@
         self.assertWarnings()
 
 
-def test_suite():
-    return unittest.makeSuite(FileListTestCase)
+class FindAllTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    @test.support.skip_unless_symlink
+    def test_missing_symlink(self):
+        with test.support.temp_cwd():
+            os.symlink('foo', 'bar')
+            self.assertEqual(filelist.findall(), [])
+
+    def test_basic_discovery(self):
+        """
+        When findall is called with no parameters or with
+        '.' as the parameter, the dot should be omitted from
+        the results.
+        """
+        with test.support.temp_cwd():
+            os.mkdir('foo')
+            file1 = os.path.join('foo', 'file1.txt')
+            test.support.create_empty_file(file1)
+            os.mkdir('bar')
+            file2 = os.path.join('bar', 'file2.txt')
+            test.support.create_empty_file(file2)
+            expected = [file2, file1]
+            self.assertEqual(sorted(filelist.findall()), expected)
+
+    def test_non_local_discovery(self):
+        """
+        When findall is called with another path, the full
+        path name should be returned.
+        """
+        with test.support.temp_dir() as temp_dir:
+            file1 = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'file1.txt')
+            test.support.create_empty_file(file1)
+            expected = [file1]
+            self.assertEqual(filelist.findall(temp_dir), expected)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    run_unittest(test_suite())
+    unittest.main()