diff --git a/libmaxsi/include/sys/stat.h b/libmaxsi/include/sys/stat.h
index d35da270..13dd8d6f 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/libmaxsi/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 int chmod(const char* path, mode_t mode);
 int fchmod(int fd, mode_t mode);
 int fstat(int fd, struct stat* st);
+int lstat(const char* restrict path, struct stat* restrict st);
 int mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode);
 int stat(const char* restrict path, struct stat* restrict st);
 mode_t umask(mode_t mask);
diff --git a/libmaxsi/io.cpp b/libmaxsi/io.cpp
index 2980104e..5b16d5c5 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/io.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/io.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ namespace Maxsi
 		return SysStat(path, st);
 	}
 
+	extern "C" int lstat(const char* path, struct stat* st)
+	{
+		return SysStat(path, st);
+	}
+
 	extern "C" int fstat(int fd, struct stat* st)
 	{
 		return SysFStat(fd, st);