diff --git a/src/os-unix.c b/src/os-unix.c
index 0c9b4d55..9ef6575e 100644
--- a/src/os-unix.c
+++ b/src/os-unix.c
@@ -493,3 +493,10 @@ char *os_apppath(char *parm) {
     return strdup(path);
 }
 #endif
+
+/** 
+ * stat wrapper
+ */
+int os_stat(const char *path, struct stat *sb) {
+    return stat(path, sb);
+}