diff --git a/pkg/bifs/system.go b/pkg/bifs/system.go
index d56f0bb66..e2044b4b8 100644
--- a/pkg/bifs/system.go
+++ b/pkg/bifs/system.go
@@ -102,3 +102,25 @@ func BIF_exec(mlrvals []*mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 	outputString := strings.TrimRight(string(outputBytes), "\n")
 	return mlrval.FromString(outputString)
 }
+
+func BIF_stat(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
+	if !input1.IsStringOrVoid() {
+		return mlrval.FromNotStringError("system", input1)
+	}
+	path := input1.AcquireStringValue()
+
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return mlrval.FromError(err)
+	}
+
+	output := mlrval.NewMlrmap()
+	output.PutReference("name", mlrval.FromString(fileInfo.Name()))
+	output.PutReference("size", mlrval.FromInt(fileInfo.Size()))
+	output.PutReference("mode", mlrval.FromIntShowingOctal(int64(fileInfo.Mode())))
+	output.PutReference("modtime", mlrval.FromInt(fileInfo.ModTime().UTC().Unix()))
+	output.PutReference("isdir", mlrval.FromBool(fileInfo.IsDir()))
+
+	return mlrval.FromMap(output)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/dsl/cst/builtin_function_manager.go b/pkg/dsl/cst/builtin_function_manager.go
index 90f854fe0..ec4bfa980 100644
--- a/pkg/dsl/cst/builtin_function_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/dsl/cst/builtin_function_manager.go
@@ -2487,6 +2487,23 @@ Run a command via executable, path, args and environment, yielding its stdout mi
 			variadicFunc: bifs.BIF_exec,
 		},
 
+		{
+			name:      "stat",
+			class:     FUNC_CLASS_SYSTEM,
+			help:      `Returns a map containing information about the provided path: "name" with string value, "size" as decimal int value, "mode" as octal int value, "modtime" as int-valued epoch seconds, and "isdir" as boolean value.`,
+			unaryFunc: bifs.BIF_stat,
+			examples: []string{
+				`stat("./mlr") gives {`,
+				`  "name": "mlr",`,
+				`  "size": 38391584,`,
+				`  "mode": 0755,`,
+				`  "modtime": 1715207874,`,
+				`  "isdir": false`,
+				`}`,
+				`stat("./mlr")["size"] gives 38391584`,
+			},
+		},
+
 		{
 			name:     "version",
 			class:    FUNC_CLASS_SYSTEM,
diff --git a/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_new.go b/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_new.go
index cb548c3d0..c4109af26 100644
--- a/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_new.go
+++ b/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_new.go
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ func FromInt(input int64) *Mlrval {
 	}
 }
 
+func FromIntShowingOctal(input int64) *Mlrval {
+	return &Mlrval{
+		mvtype:        MT_INT,
+		printrepValid: true,
+		printrep:      fmt.Sprintf("0%o", input),
+		intf:          input,
+	}
+}
+
 // TryFromIntString is used by the mlrval Formatter (fmtnum DSL function,
 // format-values verb, etc).  Each mlrval has printrep and a printrepValid for
 // its original string, then a type-code like MT_INT or MT_FLOAT, and