diff --git a/headers/posix/fcntl.h b/headers/posix/fcntl.h
index 581d6c8e7d..fa6f0a307d 100644
--- a/headers/posix/fcntl.h
+++ b/headers/posix/fcntl.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 
 #define AT_FDCWD		(-1)		/* CWD FD for the *at() functions */
 
+#define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW	0x1		/* fstatat(), fchmodat(), fchownat(),
+										utimensat() */
+#define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW	0x2		/* linkat() */
 
 /* advisory file locking */
 
diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/stat.h b/headers/posix/sys/stat.h
index fbce1ef98e..530f53e64d 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sys/stat.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sys/stat.h
@@ -105,14 +105,15 @@ struct stat {
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-extern int    chmod(const char *path, mode_t mode);
-extern int 	  fchmod(int fd, mode_t mode);
-extern int    stat(const char *path, struct stat *st);
-extern int    fstat(int fd, struct stat *st);
-extern int    lstat(const char *path, struct stat *st);
-extern int    mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode);
-extern int    mkfifo(const char *path, mode_t mode);
-extern mode_t umask(mode_t cmask);
+extern int		chmod(const char *path, mode_t mode);
+extern int		fchmod(int fd, mode_t mode);
+extern int		stat(const char *path, struct stat *st);
+extern int		fstat(int fd, struct stat *st);
+extern int		lstat(const char *path, struct stat *st);
+extern int		fstatat(int fd, const char *path, struct stat *st, int flag);
+extern int		mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode);
+extern int		mkfifo(const char *path, mode_t mode);
+extern mode_t	umask(mode_t cmask);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/stat.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/stat.c
index fa817415a1..15cf9e8e99 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/stat.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/stat.c
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ _lstat_current(const char* path, struct stat* stat)
 }
 
 
+int
+fstatat(int fd, const char *path, struct stat *st, int flag)
+{
+	int status = _kern_read_stat(fd, path, (flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0,
+		st, sizeof(struct stat));
+
+	RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(status);
+}
+
+
 // #pragma mark - BeOS compatibility