diff --git a/pkg/spiffs/fs/spiffs_fs.c b/pkg/spiffs/fs/spiffs_fs.c
index 076a0876eecb..fbe86272631c 100644
--- a/pkg/spiffs/fs/spiffs_fs.c
+++ b/pkg/spiffs/fs/spiffs_fs.c
@@ -340,6 +340,27 @@ static int _fsync(vfs_file_t *filp)
     return spiffs_err_to_errno(ret);
 }
 
+static void spiffs_stat_to_stat(const spiffs_stat *in, struct stat *out)
+{
+    /* ignored: in->name,pix,type;*/
+    out->st_ino = in->obj_id;
+    out->st_size = in->size;
+    out->st_mode = S_IFREG;
+}
+
+static int _stat(vfs_mount_t *mountp, const char *path, struct stat *buf)
+{
+    spiffs_desc_t *fs_desc = mountp->private_data;
+    spiffs_stat stat;
+    s32_t ret;
+
+    ret = SPIFFS_stat(&fs_desc->fs, path, &stat);
+
+    spiffs_stat_to_stat(&stat, buf);
+
+    return spiffs_err_to_errno(ret);
+}
+
 static int _fstat(vfs_file_t *filp, struct stat *buf)
 {
     spiffs_desc_t *fs_desc = filp->mp->private_data;
@@ -348,15 +369,7 @@ static int _fstat(vfs_file_t *filp, struct stat *buf)
 
     ret = SPIFFS_fstat(&fs_desc->fs, filp->private_data.value, &stat);
 
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
-    /* stat.name; */
-    buf->st_ino = stat.obj_id;
-    /* stat.pix; */
-    buf->st_size = stat.size;
-    /* stat.type;*/
-    buf->st_mode = S_IFREG;
+    spiffs_stat_to_stat(&stat, buf);
 
     return spiffs_err_to_errno(ret);
 }
@@ -511,6 +524,7 @@ static const vfs_file_system_ops_t spiffs_fs_ops = {
     .unlink = _unlink,
     .rename = _rename,
     .statvfs = _statvfs,
+    .stat = _stat,
 };
 
 static const vfs_file_ops_t spiffs_file_ops = {