diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 6508e458121615b0f4145610c3732e93f2c8fa35..8e8dda7a244c8fdf1c8e52831f4a50068deff1d3 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ static void cp_stat(struct m_inode * inode, struct stat * statbuf) {
     }
 }
 
+int sys_stat(char * filename, struct stat * statbuf) {
+    struct m_inode * inode;
+    if (!(inode=namei(filename)))
+        return -ENOENT;
+    cp_stat(inode,statbuf);
+    iput(inode);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int sys_fstat(unsigned int fd, struct stat * statbuf) {
     struct file * f;
     struct m_inode * inode;
diff --git a/include/linux/sys.h b/include/linux/sys.h
index e37c65227a72a32f1923a09d8d0bb2ca387b9ddd..8c92ab3e1792a060b3d760c7bcf7766d945e72d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sys.h
+++ b/include/linux/sys.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern int sys_time();
 extern int sys_chmod();
 extern int sys_chown();
 extern int sys_break();
-//extern int sys_stat();
+extern int sys_stat();
 extern int sys_lseek();
 extern int sys_getpid();
 //extern int sys_mount();
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fn_ptr sys_call_table[] = {
 
     sys_chown,
     sys_break,
-    0, //sys_stat,
+    sys_stat,
     sys_lseek,
     sys_getpid,
     0, //sys_mount,