diff --git a/sftp-common.c b/sftp-common.c
index 9fea144..f60309e 100644
--- a/sftp-common.c
+++ b/sftp-common.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #ifdef WIN32_FIXME
   #undef GSSAPI
   #undef KRB5
+
+void strmode(mode_t mode, char *p);
+void strmode_from_attrib(unsigned attrib, char *p);
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/param.h>	/* MAX */
@@ -231,6 +234,9 @@ ls_file(const char *name, const struct stat *st, int remote, int si_units)
 
 #ifndef WIN32_FIXME
 	strmode(st->st_mode, mode);
+#else
+	strmode(st->st_mode, mode);
+	strmode_from_attrib(remote, mode);
 #endif
 	if (!remote) {
 		user = user_from_uid(st->st_uid, 0);
@@ -281,3 +287,120 @@ ls_file(const char *name, const struct stat *st, int remote, int si_units)
 	}
 	return xstrdup(buf);
 }
+
+#ifdef WIN32_FIXME
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+void
+strmode_from_attrib(unsigned attrib, char *p)
+{
+	if (attrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+		*p = 'l';
+	else if (attrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
+		*p = 'd';
+	else
+		*p = '-';
+}
+
+
+void
+strmode(mode_t mode, char *p)
+{
+	/* print type */
+	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
+	case S_IFDIR:			/* directory */
+		*p++ = 'd';
+		break;
+	case S_IFCHR:			/* character special */
+		*p++ = 'c';
+		break;
+		//case S_IFBLK:			/* block special */
+		//		*p++ = 'b';
+		//		break;
+	case S_IFREG:			/* regular */
+		*p++ = '-';
+		break;
+		//case S_IFLNK:			/* symbolic link */
+		//		*p++ = 'l';
+		//		break;
+#ifdef S_IFSOCK
+	case S_IFSOCK:			/* socket */
+		*p++ = 's';
+		break;
+#endif
+	case _S_IFIFO:			/* fifo */
+		*p++ = 'p';
+		break;
+	default:			/* unknown */
+		*p++ = '?';
+		break;
+	}
+	/* usr */
+	if (mode & S_IRUSR)
+		*p++ = 'r';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	if (mode & S_IWUSR)
+		*p++ = 'w';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	switch (mode & (S_IXUSR)) {
+	case 0:
+		*p++ = '-';
+		break;
+	case S_IXUSR:
+		*p++ = 'x';
+		break;
+		//case S_ISUID:
+		//		*p++ = 'S';
+		//		break;
+		//case S_IXUSR | S_ISUID:
+		//		*p++ = 's';
+		//		break;
+	}
+	/* group */
+	if (mode & S_IRGRP)
+		*p++ = 'r';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	if (mode & S_IWGRP)
+		*p++ = 'w';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	switch (mode & (S_IXGRP)) {
+	case 0:
+		*p++ = '-';
+		break;
+	case S_IXGRP:
+		*p++ = 'x';
+		break;
+		//case S_ISGID:
+		//		*p++ = 'S';
+		//		break;
+		//case S_IXGRP | S_ISGID:
+		//		*p++ = 's';
+		//		break;
+	}
+	/* other */
+	if (mode & S_IROTH)
+		*p++ = 'r';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	if (mode & S_IWOTH)
+		*p++ = 'w';
+	else
+		*p++ = '-';
+	switch (mode & (S_IXOTH)) {
+	case 0:
+		*p++ = '-';
+		break;
+	case S_IXOTH:
+		*p++ = 'x';
+		break;
+	}
+	*p++ = ' ';		/* will be a '+' if ACL's implemented */
+	*p = '\0';
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/sftp-server.c b/sftp-server.c
index 87e9375..1a74657 100644
--- a/sftp-server.c
+++ b/sftp-server.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,29 @@ process_readdir(u_int32_t id)
 		int nstats = 10, count = 0, i;
 
 		stats = xcalloc(nstats, sizeof(Stat));
+		#ifdef WIN32_FIXME
+		// process the first entry that opendir() has found already
+		if (_stricmp(dirp->c_file.name, ".") && !_stricmp(dirp->c_file.name, dirp->initName)) // a firstfile that's not ".", this can happen for shared root drives
+		{	  // put first dirp in list
+			if (!strcmp(path, "/")) {
+				snprintf(pathname, sizeof pathname,
+					"/%s", dirp->c_file.name);
+			}
+			else {
+				snprintf(pathname, sizeof pathname,
+					"%s/%s", path, dirp->c_file.name);
+			}
+			if (pathname) {
+				if (lstat(pathname, &st) >= 0) {
+					stat_to_attrib(&st, &(stats[count].attrib));
+					stats[count].name = xstrdup(dirp->c_file.name);
+					stats[count].long_name = ls_file(dirp->c_file.name, &st,0, 0);
+					count++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		#endif
+
 		while ((dp = readdir(dirp)) != NULL) {
 			if (count >= nstats) {
 				nstats *= 2;
@@ -1214,7 +1237,7 @@ process_readdir(u_int32_t id)
 		#else
         stats[count].name      = ConvertLocal8ToUtf8(dp -> d_name, -1, NULL);
 		#endif
-        stats[count].long_name = ls_file(dp -> d_name, &st, 0, 0);
+        stats[count].long_name = ls_file(dp -> d_name, &st, dirp->c_file.attrib, 0);
         
         /*
         debug3("putting name [%s]...\n", stats[count].name);
diff --git a/win32_dirent.c b/win32_dirent.c
index 024e677..4036a8d 100644
--- a/win32_dirent.c
+++ b/win32_dirent.c
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ DIR * opendir(char *name)
 	DIR *pdir;
 	char searchstr[256];
 
-	sprintf_s(searchstr, sizeof(searchstr), "%s\\*.*",name); // add *.* to it for NT
+	// add *.* for Windows _findfirst() search pattern
+	sprintf_s(searchstr, sizeof(searchstr), "%s\\*.*",name);
 
-   if( (hFile = _findfirst( searchstr, &c_file )) == -1L ) {
+   if ((hFile = _findfirst(searchstr, &c_file)) == -1L) {
        if (1) // verbose
 			printf( "No files found for %s search.\n", name );
 		return (DIR *) NULL;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ DIR * opendir(char *name)
 		pdir = (DIR *) malloc( sizeof(DIR) );
 		pdir->hFile = hFile ;
 		pdir->c_file = c_file ;
+		strcpy_s(pdir->initName,sizeof(pdir->initName), c_file.name);
 
 		return pdir ;
 	}