diff --git a/backend/linkbox/linkbox.go b/backend/linkbox/linkbox.go
index 75445ea72..fd70c2cd5 100644
--- a/backend/linkbox/linkbox.go
+++ b/backend/linkbox/linkbox.go
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ type listAllFn func(*entity) bool
 // Search is a bit fussy about which characters match
 //
 // If the name doesn't match this then do an dir list instead
-var searchOK = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9_ .]+$`)
+// N.B.: Linkbox doesn't support search by name that is longer than 50 chars
+var searchOK = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9_ .]{1,50}$`)
 
 // Lists the directory required calling the user function on each item found
 //
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ func (f *Fs) listAll(ctx context.Context, dirID string, name string, fn listAllF
 		// If name isn't good then do an unbounded search
 		name = ""
 	}
+
 OUTER:
 	for numberOfEntities == maxEntitiesPerPage {
 		pageNumber++
@@ -258,7 +260,6 @@ OUTER:
 		err = getUnmarshaledResponse(ctx, f, opts, &responseResult)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("getting files failed: %w", err)
-
 		}
 
 		numberOfEntities = len(responseResult.SearchData.Entities)
diff --git a/backend/linkbox/linkbox_test.go b/backend/linkbox/linkbox_test.go
index aa03c79ca..d9b448c0c 100644
--- a/backend/linkbox/linkbox_test.go
+++ b/backend/linkbox/linkbox_test.go
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	fstests.Run(t, &fstests.Opt{
 		RemoteName: "TestLinkbox:",
 		NilObject:  (*linkbox.Object)(nil),
+		// Linkbox doesn't support leading dots for files
+		SkipLeadingDot: true,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/fstest/fstests/fstests.go b/fstest/fstests/fstests.go
index 58420991f..3e3237f1a 100644
--- a/fstest/fstests/fstests.go
+++ b/fstest/fstests/fstests.go
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ type Opt struct {
 	SkipObjectCheckWrap             bool     // if set skip ObjectCheckWrap
 	SkipDirectoryCheckWrap          bool     // if set skip DirectoryCheckWrap
 	SkipInvalidUTF8                 bool     // if set skip invalid UTF-8 checks
+	SkipLeadingDot                  bool     // if set skip leading dot checks
 	QuickTestOK                     bool     // if set, run this test with make quicktest
 }
 
@@ -690,6 +691,9 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, opt *Opt) {
 					if opt.SkipInvalidUTF8 && test.name == "invalid UTF-8" {
 						t.Skip("Skipping " + test.name)
 					}
+					if opt.SkipLeadingDot && test.name == "leading dot" {
+						t.Skip("Skipping " + test.name)
+					}
 					// turn raw strings into Standard encoding
 					fileName := encoder.Standard.Encode(test.path)
 					dirName := fileName