diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/realpath.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/stdlib/realpath.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+
+char*
+realpath(const char* path, char* resolved)
+{
+	status_t status = _kern_normalize_path(path, true, resolved);
+	if (status != B_OK) {
+		errno = status;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// The path must actually exist, not just its parent directories
+	struct stat stat;
+	if (lstat(resolved, &stat) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return resolved;
+}