diff --git a/scripts/delete_orphan_files.php b/scripts/delete_orphan_files.php
index 33293cfb8b..cae35a819f 100755
--- a/scripts/delete_orphan_files.php
+++ b/scripts/delete_orphan_files.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
 print "Finding File entries that are not related to a Notice (or the notice has been deleted)...";
 $file = new File();
 $sql = 'SELECT file.* FROM file'.
-        ' JOIN file_to_post ON file_to_post.file_id=file.id'.
+        ' LEFT JOIN file_to_post ON file_to_post.file_id=file.id'.
         ' WHERE'.
             ' NOT EXISTS (SELECT file_to_post.file_id FROM file_to_post WHERE file.id=file_to_post.file_id)'.
             ' OR NOT EXISTS (SELECT notice.id FROM notice WHERE notice.id=file_to_post.post_id)'.