diff --git a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
index 8c39b6cf17c..fca4278bc42 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ int _fstat(int fd, struct stat *statbuf)
 
   statbuf->st_dev = fd;
   statbuf->st_size = FileInformation.nFileSizeLow;
+  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD;
+  if (FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
+  if (!(FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
+
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -63,5 +67,8 @@ __int64 _fstati64 (int fd, struct _stati64* statbuf)
   statbuf->st_dev = fd;
   statbuf->st_size = (((__int64)FileInformation.nFileSizeHigh) << 32) +
 		     FileInformation.nFileSizeLow;
+  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD;
+  if (FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
+  if (!(FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
   return 0;
 }