diff --git a/src/index/fsindexer.cpp b/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
index eca5e78a..8f53a1ae 100644
--- a/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,11 @@ FsIndexer::processone(const std::string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
              displayableBytes(stp->st_size).c_str(), fn.c_str()));
 
     FileInterner interner(fn, stp, m_config, m_tmpdir, FileInterner::FIF_none);
+    if (!interner.ok()) {
+        // no indexing whatsoever in this case. This typically means that
+        // indexallfilenames is not set
+        return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
+    }
 
     // File name transcoded to utf8 for indexation. 
     string charset = m_config->getDefCharset(true);
diff --git a/src/internfile/internfile.cpp b/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
index d0217603..98fd98d1 100644
--- a/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void FileInterner::tmpcleanup()
 FileInterner::FileInterner(const string &f, const struct stat *stp,
 			   RclConfig *cnf, 
 			   const string& td, int flags, const string *imime)
-    : m_tdir(td)
+    : m_tdir(td), m_ok(false)
 {
     initcommon(cnf, flags);
     init(f, stp, cnf, td, flags, imime);
@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct stat *stp, RclConfig *cnf,
     m_handlers.push_back(df);
     LOGDEB(("FileInterner::FileInterner: %s [%s]\n", l_mime.c_str(), 
 	     m_fn.c_str()));
+    m_ok = true;
 }
 
 // Setup from memory data (ie: out of the web cache). imime needs to be set.
 FileInterner::FileInterner(const string &data, RclConfig *cnf, 
                            const string& td, int flags, const string& imime)
-    : m_tdir(td)
+    : m_tdir(td), m_ok(false)
 {
     initcommon(cnf, flags);
     init(data, cnf, td, flags, imime);
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ void FileInterner::init(const string &data, RclConfig *cnf,
 	return;
     }
     m_handlers.push_back(df);
+    m_ok = true;
 }
 
 void FileInterner::initcommon(RclConfig *cnf, int flags)
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ void FileInterner::initcommon(RclConfig *cnf, int flags)
 
 FileInterner::FileInterner(const Rcl::Doc& idoc, RclConfig *cnf, 
                            const string& td, int flags)
-    : m_tdir(td)
+    : m_tdir(td), m_ok(false)
 {
     LOGDEB(("FileInterner::FileInterner(idoc)\n"));
     initcommon(cnf, flags);
diff --git a/src/internfile/internfile.h b/src/internfile/internfile.h
index 40711a08..79340fac 100644
--- a/src/internfile/internfile.h
+++ b/src/internfile/internfile.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class FileInterner {
     const string& getReason() const {return m_reason;}
     static void getMissingExternal(string& missing);
     static void getMissingDescription(string& desc);
+    bool ok() {return m_ok;}
 
  private:
     static const unsigned int MAXHANDLERS = 20;
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ class FileInterner {
     // m_tdir and m_tfile are used only for decompressing input file if needed
     const string&          m_tdir; 
     string                 m_tfile;
+    bool                   m_ok; // Set after construction if ok
 #ifdef RCL_USE_XATTR
     // Fields found in file extended attributes. This is kept here,
     // not in the file-level handler because we are only interested in