diff --git a/edi_storage_oca/utils.py b/edi_storage_oca/utils.py
index 0b93e5da0..0b791c09b 100644
--- a/edi_storage_oca/utils.py
+++ b/edi_storage_oca/utils.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ def list_files(storage, relative_path="", pattern=False):
     if pattern:
         relative_path = fs.sep.join([relative_path, pattern])
         return fs.glob(relative_path)
+    if fs.protocol == "ftp" and fs.ftp:
+        return fs.ftp.nlst(relative_path)
     return fs.ls(relative_path, detail=False)