diff --git a/unix/Makefile b/unix/Makefile
index 05cdfb5b39..b0b037cd7e 100644
--- a/unix/Makefile
+++ b/unix/Makefile
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ SRC_C = \
 	input.c \
 	file.c \
 	modsocket.c \
+	modos.c \
 	$(SRC_MOD)
 
 OBJ = $(PY_O) $(addprefix $(BUILD)/, $(SRC_C:.c=.o))
diff --git a/unix/modos.c b/unix/modos.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1dc46455a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/modos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Micro Python project, http://micropython.org/
+ *
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Damien P. George
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Paul Sokolovsky
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "mpconfig.h"
+#include "nlr.h"
+#include "qstr.h"
+#include "obj.h"
+#include "runtime.h"
+#include "objtuple.h"
+
+#define RAISE_ERRNO(err_flag, error_val) \
+    { if (err_flag == -1) \
+        { nlr_raise(mp_obj_new_exception_arg1(&mp_type_OSError, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT((machine_int_t)error_val))); } }
+
+STATIC mp_obj_t mod_os_stat(mp_obj_t path_in) {
+    struct stat sb;
+    const char *path = mp_obj_str_get_str(path_in);
+
+    int res = stat(path, &sb);
+    RAISE_ERRNO(res, errno);
+
+    mp_obj_tuple_t *t = mp_obj_new_tuple(10, NULL);
+    t->items[0] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_mode);
+    t->items[1] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_ino);
+    t->items[2] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT((machine_int_t)sb.st_dev);
+    t->items[3] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_nlink);
+    t->items[4] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_uid);
+    t->items[5] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_gid);
+    t->items[6] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_size);
+    t->items[7] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_atime);
+    t->items[8] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_mtime);
+    t->items[9] = MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(sb.st_ctime);
+    return t;
+}
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(mod_os_stat_obj, mod_os_stat);
+
+STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_os_globals_table[] = {
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR__os) },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_stat), (mp_obj_t)&mod_os_stat_obj },
+};
+
+STATIC const mp_obj_dict_t mp_module_os_globals = {
+    .base = {&mp_type_dict},
+    .map = {
+        .all_keys_are_qstrs = 1,
+        .table_is_fixed_array = 1,
+        .used = ARRAY_SIZE(mp_module_os_globals_table),
+        .alloc = ARRAY_SIZE(mp_module_os_globals_table),
+        .table = (mp_map_elem_t*)mp_module_os_globals_table,
+    },
+};
+
+const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_os = {
+    .base = { &mp_type_module },
+    .name = MP_QSTR__os,
+    .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_os_globals,
+};
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.h b/unix/mpconfigport.h
index a0a627d57e..a78caf0509 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 // names in exception messages (may require more RAM).
 #define MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING     (MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING_DETAILED)
 
+extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_os;
 extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_time;
 extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_socket;
 extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ffi;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_ffi;
     MICROPY_MOD_FFI_DEF \
     MICROPY_MOD_TIME_DEF \
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_microsocket), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_socket }, \
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR__os), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_os }, \
 
 // type definitions for the specific machine
 
diff --git a/unix/qstrdefsport.h b/unix/qstrdefsport.h
index 55a82ec067..de0b3d8fae 100644
--- a/unix/qstrdefsport.h
+++ b/unix/qstrdefsport.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Q(makefile)
 
 Q(FileIO)
 
+Q(_os)
+Q(stat)
+
 Q(ffi)
 Q(ffimod)
 Q(ffifunc)