diff --git a/flang/docs/Intrinsics.md b/flang/docs/Intrinsics.md
index ccb93e104dab6..848619cb65d90 100644
--- a/flang/docs/Intrinsics.md
+++ b/flang/docs/Intrinsics.md
@@ -657,6 +657,14 @@ CALL CO_REDUCE
 CALL CO_SUM
 ```
 
+### Inquiry Functions
+ACCESS (GNU extension) is not supported on Windows. Otherwise:
+```
+CHARACTER(LEN=*) :: path = 'path/to/file'
+IF (ACCESS(path, 'rwx')) &
+  ...
+```
+
 ## Non-standard intrinsics
 ### PGI
 ```
diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Runtime/extensions.h b/flang/include/flang/Runtime/extensions.h
index 7d0952206fc19..fef651f3b2eed 100644
--- a/flang/include/flang/Runtime/extensions.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Runtime/extensions.h
@@ -44,5 +44,12 @@ std::int64_t RTNAME(Signal)(std::int64_t number, void (*handler)(int));
 // GNU extension subroutine SLEEP(SECONDS)
 void RTNAME(Sleep)(std::int64_t seconds);
 
+// GNU extension function ACCESS(NAME, MODE)
+// TODO: not supported on Windows
+#ifndef _WIN32
+std::int64_t FORTRAN_PROCEDURE_NAME(access)(const char *name,
+    std::int64_t nameLength, const char *mode, std::int64_t modeLength);
+#endif
+
 } // extern "C"
 #endif // FORTRAN_RUNTIME_EXTENSIONS_H_
diff --git a/flang/runtime/extensions.cpp b/flang/runtime/extensions.cpp
index 3ac98000335d7..12498b502ae1c 100644
--- a/flang/runtime/extensions.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/extensions.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "flang/Runtime/entry-names.h"
 #include "flang/Runtime/io-api.h"
 #include <chrono>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <thread>
@@ -138,5 +139,77 @@ void RTNAME(Sleep)(std::int64_t seconds) {
   std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(seconds));
 }
 
+// TODO: not supported on Windows
+#ifndef _WIN32
+std::int64_t FORTRAN_PROCEDURE_NAME(access)(const char *name,
+    std::int64_t nameLength, const char *mode, std::int64_t modeLength) {
+  std::int64_t ret{-1};
+  if (nameLength <= 0 || modeLength <= 0 || !name || !mode) {
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  // ensure name is null terminated
+  char *newName{nullptr};
+  if (name[nameLength - 1] != '\0') {
+    newName = static_cast<char *>(std::malloc(nameLength + 1));
+    std::memcpy(newName, name, nameLength);
+    newName[nameLength] = '\0';
+    name = newName;
+  }
+
+  // calculate mode
+  bool read{false};
+  bool write{false};
+  bool execute{false};
+  bool exists{false};
+  int imode{0};
+
+  for (std::int64_t i = 0; i < modeLength; ++i) {
+    switch (mode[i]) {
+    case 'r':
+      read = true;
+      break;
+    case 'w':
+      write = true;
+      break;
+    case 'x':
+      execute = true;
+      break;
+    case ' ':
+      exists = true;
+      break;
+    default:
+      // invalid mode
+      goto cleanup;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!read && !write && !execute && !exists) {
+    // invalid mode
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  if (!read && !write && !execute) {
+    imode = F_OK;
+  } else {
+    if (read) {
+      imode |= R_OK;
+    }
+    if (write) {
+      imode |= W_OK;
+    }
+    if (execute) {
+      imode |= X_OK;
+    }
+  }
+  ret = access(name, imode);
+
+cleanup:
+  if (newName) {
+    free(newName);
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 } // namespace Fortran::runtime
 } // extern "C"
diff --git a/flang/unittests/Runtime/AccessTest.cpp b/flang/unittests/Runtime/AccessTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5c8a634192d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/unittests/Runtime/AccessTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+//===-- flang/unittests/Runtime/AccessTest.cpp ----------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// TODO: ACCESS is not yet implemented on Windows
+#ifndef _WIN32
+
+#include "CrashHandlerFixture.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "flang/Runtime/extensions.h"
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+struct AccessTests : public CrashHandlerFixture {};
+
+struct AccessType {
+  bool read{false};
+  bool write{false};
+  bool execute{false};
+  bool exists{false};
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+static std::string addPIDSuffix(const char *name) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << name;
+  ss << '.';
+
+  ss << getpid();
+
+  return ss.str();
+}
+
+static std::filesystem::path createTemporaryFile(
+    const char *name, const AccessType &accessType) {
+  std::filesystem::path path{
+      std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / addPIDSuffix(name)};
+
+  // O_CREAT | O_EXCL enforces that this file is newly created by this call.
+  // This feels risky. If we don't have permission to create files in the
+  // temporary directory or if the files already exist, the test will fail.
+  // But we can't use std::tmpfile() because we need a path to the file and
+  // to control the filesystem permissions
+  mode_t mode{0};
+  if (accessType.read) {
+    mode |= S_IRUSR;
+  }
+  if (accessType.write) {
+    mode |= S_IWUSR;
+  }
+  if (accessType.execute) {
+    mode |= S_IXUSR;
+  }
+
+  int file = open(path.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL, mode);
+  if (file == -1) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  close(file);
+
+  return path;
+}
+
+static std::int64_t callAccess(
+    const std::filesystem::path &path, const AccessType &accessType) {
+  const char *cpath{path.c_str()};
+  std::int64_t pathlen = std::strlen(cpath);
+
+  std::string mode;
+  if (accessType.read) {
+    mode += 'r';
+  }
+  if (accessType.write) {
+    mode += 'w';
+  }
+  if (accessType.execute) {
+    mode += 'x';
+  }
+  if (accessType.exists) {
+    mode += ' ';
+  }
+
+  const char *cmode = mode.c_str();
+  std::int64_t modelen = std::strlen(cmode);
+
+  return FORTRAN_PROCEDURE_NAME(access)(cpath, pathlen, cmode, modelen);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestExists) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.exists = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotExists) {
+  std::filesystem::path nonExistant{addPIDSuffix(__func__)};
+  ASSERT_FALSE(std::filesystem::exists(nonExistant));
+
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.exists = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(nonExistant, accessType);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestRead) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRead) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestWrite) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.write = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotWrite) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.write = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.write = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestReadWrite) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotReadWrite0) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = false;
+  accessType.write = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotReadWrite1) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotReadWrite2) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = false;
+  accessType.write = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestExecute) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotExecute) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.execute = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestRWX) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRWX0) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = false;
+  accessType.write = false;
+  accessType.execute = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRWX1) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = false;
+  accessType.execute = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRWX2) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = false;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRWX3) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = false;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+TEST(AccessTests, TestNotRWX4) {
+  AccessType accessType;
+  accessType.read = false;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+
+  std::filesystem::path path = createTemporaryFile(__func__, accessType);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(path.empty());
+
+  accessType.read = true;
+  accessType.write = true;
+  accessType.execute = true;
+  std::int64_t res = callAccess(path, accessType);
+
+  std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+  ASSERT_NE(res, 0);
+}
+
+#endif // !_WIN32
diff --git a/flang/unittests/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/flang/unittests/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 23f02aa751246..f7caacad3a598 100644
--- a/flang/unittests/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/flang/unittests/Runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 add_flang_unittest(FlangRuntimeTests
+  AccessTest.cpp
   Allocatable.cpp
   ArrayConstructor.cpp
   BufferTest.cpp