diff --git a/include/metalsvm/syscall.h b/include/metalsvm/syscall.h
index 04390311..fbec1a66 100644
--- a/include/metalsvm/syscall.h
+++ b/include/metalsvm/syscall.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define __NR_sendto		27
 #define __NR_recvfrom		28
 #define __NR_select		29
+#define __NR_stat		30
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index 2618a757..735b0583 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ int syscall_handler(uint32_t sys_nr, ...)
 				ret = sys_close(fd);
 			break;
  		}
+	case __NR_stat: {
+			const char* name = va_arg(vl, const char*);
+			//struct stat* st = va_arg(vl, struct stat*);
+
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
 	case __NR_read: {
 			int fd = va_arg(vl, int);
 			const char* buf = va_arg(vl, const char*);
diff --git a/newlib/net/syscall.h b/newlib/net/syscall.h
index 26acb507..5e2416b8 100644
--- a/newlib/net/syscall.h
+++ b/newlib/net/syscall.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define __NR_sendto		27
 #define __NR_recvfrom		28
 #define __NR_select		29
+#define __NR_stat		30
 
 #define _STR(token)             #token
 #define _SYSCALLSTR(x)          "int $" _STR(x) " "
diff --git a/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/stat.c b/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/stat.c
index 4ab81546..cb6c39f2 100644
--- a/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/stat.c
+++ b/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/stat.c
@@ -46,12 +46,25 @@
 #undef errno
 extern int errno;
 #include "warning.h"
+#include "syscall.h"
 
 int
 _DEFUN (stat, (file, st),
         const char  *file _AND
         struct stat *st)
 {
-	st->st_mode = S_IFCHR;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!file && ! st) {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = SYSCALL2(__NR_stat, file, st);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		errno = -ret;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/syscall.h b/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/syscall.h
index 26acb507..5e2416b8 100644
--- a/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/syscall.h
+++ b/newlib/src/libgloss/metalsvm/syscall.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define __NR_sendto		27
 #define __NR_recvfrom		28
 #define __NR_select		29
+#define __NR_stat		30
 
 #define _STR(token)             #token
 #define _SYSCALLSTR(x)          "int $" _STR(x) " "