diff --git a/kernel/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall.c
index 28b660ca..9dc1722a 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <metalsvm/errno.h>
 #include <metalsvm/spinlock.h>
 #include <metalsvm/time.h>
+#include <metalsvm/fs.h>
 #include <lwip/opt.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_LWIP) && LWIP_SOCKET
@@ -122,7 +123,16 @@ static int sys_stat(const char* name, struct stat* st)
 
 	st->st_dev = 0; 		/* ID of device containing file */
 	st->st_ino = 0;			/* inode number */
-	st->st_mode = node->mask;	/* protection */
+
+	/* convert FS_TYPES in newlib FS_TYPES */
+	switch (node->type)
+	{
+		case FS_FILE:		st->st_mode = 0060000; break;
+		case FS_DIRECTORY: 	st->st_mode = 0040000; break;
+		case FS_CHARDEVICE:	st->st_mode = 0020000; break;
+		default:		st->st_mode = 0; break;
+	}
+
 	st->st_nlink = 0;		/* number of hard links */
 	st->st_uid = node->uid;		/* user ID of owner */
 	st->st_gid = node->gid;		/* group ID of owner */
diff --git a/newlib/examples/mshell.c b/newlib/examples/mshell.c
index ecc86513..18d2075a 100644
--- a/newlib/examples/mshell.c
+++ b/newlib/examples/mshell.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void help() {
 #define ST_ARG   1
 #define ST_QUOTE 2
 
-#define USE_STAT 0
+#define USE_STAT 1
 
 char** splitargs(char* args) {
 	static char* ret[MAXARGS+1];
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void ms_setcwd(char* path) {
 
 #if USE_STAT
 	if (stat(newpath, &stats)) {
-		printf("mshell: %s is not a valid path\n", newpath);
+		printf("mshell: %s is not a valid path\n XY", newpath);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (!S_ISDIR(stats.st_mode)) {