diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/fileio.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/fileio.c
index 14521fa..970b550 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/fileio.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/fileio.c
@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ fileio_fstat(struct w32_io* pio, struct _stat64 *buf) {
 	return _fstat64(fd, buf);
 }
 
+int 
+fileio_stat(const char *path, struct _stat64 *buf) {
+	return _stat64(path, buf);
+}
+
 /* isatty() implementation */
 int 
 fileio_isatty(struct w32_io* pio) {
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
index 07f964e..8ab9282 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ int w32_socketpair(int domain, int type, int sv[2]);
 /*non-network (file) i/o*/
 #define fdopen(a,b)	w32_fdopen((a), (b))
 #define fstat(a,b)	w32_fstat((a), (b))
+//#define stat(a,b)	w32_stat((a), (b))
 
+struct w32_stat;
 int w32_pipe(int *pfds);
 int w32_open(const char *pathname, int flags, ...);
 int w32_read(int fd, void *dst, unsigned int max);
 int w32_write(int fd, const void *buf, unsigned int max);
 int w32_fstat(int fd, struct w32_stat *buf);
+int w32_stat(const char *path, struct w32_stat *buf);
 int w32_isatty(int fd);
 FILE* w32_fdopen(int fd, const char *mode);
 
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
index 1e9b9f0..61bbe56 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ w32_fstat(int fd, struct w32_stat *buf) {
 	return fileio_fstat(fd_table.w32_ios[fd], (struct _stat64*)buf);
 }
 
+int 
+w32_stat(const char *path, struct w32_stat *buf) {
+	return fileio_stat(path, (struct _stat64*)buf);
+}
+
 int
 w32_isatty(int fd) {
 	if ((fd < 0) || (fd > MAX_FDS - 1) || fd_table.w32_ios[fd] == NULL) {
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
index 12d3f09..995cbe8 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct w32_io* fileio_open(const char *pathname, int flags, int mode);
 int fileio_read(struct w32_io* pio, void *dst, unsigned int max);
 int fileio_write(struct w32_io* pio, const void *buf, unsigned int max);
 int fileio_fstat(struct w32_io* pio, struct _stat64 *buf);
+int fileio_stat(const char *path, struct _stat64 *buf);
 int fileio_isatty(struct w32_io* pio);
 FILE* fileio_fdopen(struct w32_io* pio, const char *mode);