diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index f88f8cc83..efb0091e7 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 2006-08-16  Joel Schopp  <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
 
-	*  configure.in: Add spu support.
-	*  configure: Regenerated.
-	*  spu/Makefile.in: New file.
-	*  spu/aclocal.m4: Ditto.
-	*  spu/configure: Ditto.
-	*  spu/configure.in: Ditto.
-	*  spu/crt0.c: Ditto.
-	*  spu/exit.c: Ditto.
-	*  spu/init.c: Ditto.
-	*  spu/jsre.h: Ditto.
-	*  spu/sbrk.c: Ditto.
-	*  spu/syscalls.c: Ditto.
+	* spu/jsre.h(JSRE_STAT): New define.
+	(syscall_stat_t): New type.
+	* spu/syscalls.c(stat): New syscall.
+
+2006-08-16  Joel Schopp  <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Add spu support.
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+	* spu/Makefile.in: New file.
+	* spu/aclocal.m4: Ditto.
+	* spu/configure: Ditto.
+	* spu/configure.in: Ditto.
+	* spu/crt0.c: Ditto.
+	* spu/exit.c: Ditto.
+	* spu/init.c: Ditto.
+	* spu/jsre.h: Ditto.
+	* spu/sbrk.c: Ditto.
+	* spu/syscalls.c: Ditto.
 
 2006-07-05  Shaun Jackman  <sjackman@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/libgloss/spu/jsre.h b/libgloss/spu/jsre.h
index ab7ba17e2..5f575577b 100644
--- a/libgloss/spu/jsre.h
+++ b/libgloss/spu/jsre.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Author: Andreas Neukoetter (ti95neuk@de.ibm.com)
 #define JSRE_LSEEK 9
 #define JSRE_OPEN 15
 #define JSRE_READ 16
+#define JSRE_STAT 23
 #define JSRE_UNLINK 24
 #define JSRE_WRITE 27
 
@@ -120,6 +121,13 @@ typedef struct
         unsigned int    pad1[ 3 ];
 } syscall_fstat_t;
 
+typedef struct
+{
+        unsigned int    pathname;
+        unsigned int    pad0[ 3 ];
+        unsigned int    ptr;
+        unsigned int    pad1[ 3 ];
+} syscall_stat_t;
 
 typedef struct
 {
diff --git a/libgloss/spu/syscalls.c b/libgloss/spu/syscalls.c
index bca23aaba..20aabb79c 100644
--- a/libgloss/spu/syscalls.c
+++ b/libgloss/spu/syscalls.c
@@ -242,6 +242,37 @@ fstat (int file, struct stat *pstat)
         return( psys_out->rc );
 }
 
+int
+stat (const char *pathname, struct stat *pstat)
+{
+        syscall_stat_t sys;
+        syscall_out_t   *psys_out = ( syscall_out_t* )&sys;
+        jsre_stat_t pjstat;
+
+        sys.pathname = pathname;
+        sys.ptr = ( unsigned int )&pjstat;
+
+        send_to_ppe_0x2101 (JSRE_STAT, &sys);
+
+        pstat->st_dev = pjstat.dev;
+        pstat->st_ino = pjstat.ino;
+        pstat->st_mode = pjstat.mode;
+        pstat->st_nlink = pjstat.nlink;
+        pstat->st_uid = pjstat.uid;
+        pstat->st_gid = pjstat.gid;
+        pstat->st_rdev = pjstat.rdev;
+        pstat->st_size = pjstat.size;
+        pstat->st_blksize = pjstat.blksize;
+        pstat->st_blocks = pjstat.blocks;
+        pstat->st_atime = pjstat.atime;
+        pstat->st_mtime = pjstat.mtime;
+        pstat->st_ctime = pjstat.ctime;
+
+        errno = psys_out->err;
+        return( psys_out->rc );
+}
+
+
 int
 unlink (const char *pathname)
 {