diff --git a/Doc/library/stat.rst b/Doc/library/stat.rst
index 02513df..a021fe2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stat.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
               os.lstat() and os.fstat().
 .. sectionauthor:: Skip Montanaro <skip@automatrix.com>
 
-**Source code:** :source:`Lib/stat.py`
+**Source code:** :source:`Modules/_stat.c`
+                 :source:`Lib/stat.py`
 
 --------------
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@
 exist).  For complete details about the :c:func:`stat`, :c:func:`fstat` and
 :c:func:`lstat` calls, consult the documentation for your system.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.4
+   The stat module is backed by a C implementation.
+
 The :mod:`stat` module defines the following functions to test for specific file
 types:
 
@@ -53,6 +57,24 @@
 
    Return non-zero if the mode is from a socket.
 
+.. function:: S_ISDOOR(mode)
+
+   Return non-zero if the mode is from a door.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+.. function:: S_ISPORT(mode)
+
+   Return non-zero if the mode is from an event port.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+.. function:: S_ISWHT(mode)
+
+   Return non-zero if the mode is from a whiteout.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
 Two additional functions are defined for more general manipulation of the file's
 mode:
 
@@ -113,6 +135,10 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      The function supports :data:`S_IFDOOR`, :data:`S_IFPORT` and
+      :data:`S_IFWHT`.
+
 
 All the variables below are simply symbolic indexes into the 10-tuple returned
 by :func:`os.stat`, :func:`os.fstat` or :func:`os.lstat`.
@@ -210,6 +236,29 @@
 
    FIFO.
 
+.. data:: S_IFDOOR
+
+   Door.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+.. data:: S_IFPORT
+
+   Event port.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+.. data:: S_IFWHT
+
+   Whiteout.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+.. note::
+
+   :data:`S_IFDOOR`, :data:`S_IFPORT` or :data:`S_IFWHT` are defined as
+   0 when the platform does not have support for the file types.
+
 The following flags can also be used in the *mode* argument of :func:`os.chmod`:
 
 .. data:: S_ISUID
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 16b03b3..b003c4e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@
 
 New :func:`functools.singledispatch` decorator: see the :pep:`443`.
 
-
 smtplib
 -------
 
@@ -213,6 +212,12 @@
 The :meth:`~wave.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
 plain tuple.  (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17487`.)
 
+stat
+---
+
+The stat module is now backed by a C implementation in :mod:`_stat`. A C
+implementation is required as most of the values aren't standardized and
+platform-dependent.  (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`11016`.)
 
 Optimizations
 =============
diff --git a/Lib/stat.py b/Lib/stat.py
index 704adfe..0ea653b 100644
--- a/Lib/stat.py
+++ b/Lib/stat.py
@@ -147,3 +147,9 @@
         else:
             perm.append("-")
     return "".join(perm)
+
+# If available, use C implementation
+try:
+    from _stat import *
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_stat.py b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
index 8de5f36..735b2e6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_stat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import unittest
 import os
 from test.support import TESTFN, run_unittest, import_fresh_module
-import stat
+
+c_stat = import_fresh_module('stat', fresh=['_stat'])
+py_stat = import_fresh_module('stat', blocked=['_stat'])
 
 class TestFilemode(unittest.TestCase):
+    statmod = None
+
     file_flags = {'SF_APPEND', 'SF_ARCHIVED', 'SF_IMMUTABLE', 'SF_NOUNLINK',
                   'SF_SNAPSHOT', 'UF_APPEND', 'UF_COMPRESSED', 'UF_HIDDEN',
                   'UF_IMMUTABLE', 'UF_NODUMP', 'UF_NOUNLINK', 'UF_OPAQUE'}
@@ -60,17 +64,17 @@
 
     def get_mode(self, fname=TESTFN):
         st_mode = os.lstat(fname).st_mode
-        modestr = stat.filemode(st_mode)
+        modestr = self.statmod.filemode(st_mode)
         return st_mode, modestr
 
     def assertS_IS(self, name, mode):
         # test format, lstrip is for S_IFIFO
-        fmt = getattr(stat, "S_IF" + name.lstrip("F"))
-        self.assertEqual(stat.S_IFMT(mode), fmt)
+        fmt = getattr(self.statmod, "S_IF" + name.lstrip("F"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IFMT(mode), fmt)
         # test that just one function returns true
         testname = "S_IS" + name
         for funcname in self.format_funcs:
-            func = getattr(stat, funcname, None)
+            func = getattr(self.statmod, funcname, None)
             if func is None:
                 if funcname == testname:
                     raise ValueError(funcname)
@@ -88,35 +92,35 @@
             st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode()
             self.assertEqual(modestr, '-rwx------')
             self.assertS_IS("REG", st_mode)
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(st_mode),
-                             stat.S_IRWXU)
+            self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IMODE(st_mode),
+                             self.statmod.S_IRWXU)
 
             os.chmod(TESTFN, 0o070)
             st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode()
             self.assertEqual(modestr, '----rwx---')
             self.assertS_IS("REG", st_mode)
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(st_mode),
-                             stat.S_IRWXG)
+            self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IMODE(st_mode),
+                             self.statmod.S_IRWXG)
 
             os.chmod(TESTFN, 0o007)
             st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode()
             self.assertEqual(modestr, '-------rwx')
             self.assertS_IS("REG", st_mode)
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(st_mode),
-                             stat.S_IRWXO)
+            self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IMODE(st_mode),
+                             self.statmod.S_IRWXO)
 
             os.chmod(TESTFN, 0o444)
             st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode()
             self.assertS_IS("REG", st_mode)
             self.assertEqual(modestr, '-r--r--r--')
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(st_mode), 0o444)
+            self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IMODE(st_mode), 0o444)
         else:
             os.chmod(TESTFN, 0o700)
             st_mode, modestr = self.get_mode()
             self.assertEqual(modestr[:3], '-rw')
             self.assertS_IS("REG", st_mode)
-            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IFMT(st_mode),
-                             stat.S_IFREG)
+            self.assertEqual(self.statmod.S_IFMT(st_mode),
+                             self.statmod.S_IFREG)
 
     def test_directory(self):
         os.mkdir(TESTFN)
@@ -162,25 +166,38 @@
 
     def test_module_attributes(self):
         for key, value in self.stat_struct.items():
-            modvalue = getattr(stat, key)
+            modvalue = getattr(self.statmod, key)
             self.assertEqual(value, modvalue, key)
         for key, value in self.permission_bits.items():
-            modvalue = getattr(stat, key)
+            modvalue = getattr(self.statmod, key)
             self.assertEqual(value, modvalue, key)
         for key in self.file_flags:
-            modvalue = getattr(stat, key)
+            modvalue = getattr(self.statmod, key)
             self.assertIsInstance(modvalue, int)
         for key in self.formats:
-            modvalue = getattr(stat, key)
+            modvalue = getattr(self.statmod, key)
             self.assertIsInstance(modvalue, int)
         for key in self.format_funcs:
-            func = getattr(stat, key)
+            func = getattr(self.statmod, key)
             self.assertTrue(callable(func))
             self.assertEqual(func(0), 0)
 
 
+class TestFilemodeCStat(TestFilemode):
+    statmod = c_stat
+
+    formats = TestFilemode.formats | {'S_IFDOOR', 'S_IFPORT', 'S_IFWHT'}
+    format_funcss = TestFilemode.format_funcs | {'S_ISDOOR', 'S_ISPORT',
+                                                 'S_ISWHT'}
+
+
+class TestFilemodePyStat(TestFilemode):
+    statmod = py_stat
+
+
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(TestFilemode)
+    run_unittest(TestFilemodeCStat)
+    run_unittest(TestFilemodePyStat)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ecec86b..7ef9154 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11016: Add C implementation of the stat module as _stat.
+
 - Issue #18248: Fix libffi build on AIX.
 
 - Issue #18259: Declare sethostname in socketmodule.c for AIX
diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index d4e1fe1..ebf8172 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 _collections _collectionsmodule.c # Container types
 itertools itertoolsmodule.c    # Functions creating iterators for efficient looping 
 atexit atexitmodule.c      # Register functions to be run at interpreter-shutdown
+_stat _stat.c			# stat.h interface
 
 # access to ISO C locale support
 _locale _localemodule.c  # -lintl
diff --git a/Modules/_stat.c b/Modules/_stat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41a5a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/_stat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,571 @@
+/* stat.h interface
+ *
+ * The module defines all S_IF*, S_I*, UF_*, SF_* and ST_* constants to
+ * sensible default values as well as defines S_IS*() macros in order to keep
+ * backward compatibility with the old stat.py module.
+ *
+ * New constants and macros such as S_IFDOOR / S_ISDOOR() are always defined
+ * as int 0.
+ *
+ * NOTE: POSIX only defines the values of the S_I* permission bits.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include "Python.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_SYS_STAT_H */
+
+/* From Python's stat.py */
+#ifndef S_IMODE
+#  define S_IMODE 07777
+#endif
+
+/* S_IFXXX constants (file types)
+ *
+ * Only the names are defined by POSIX but not their value. All common file
+ * types seems to have the same numeric value on all platforms, though.
+ */
+#ifndef S_IFMT
+#  define S_IFMT 0170000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFDIR
+#  define S_IFDIR 0040000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFCHR
+#  define S_IFCHR 0020000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFBLK
+#  define S_IFBLK 0060000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFREG
+#  define S_IFREG 0100000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFIFO
+#  define S_IFIFO 0010000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFLNK
+#  define S_IFLNK 0120000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFSOCK
+#  define S_IFSOCK 0140000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFDOOR
+#  define S_IFDOOR 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFPORT
+#  define S_IFPORT 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFWHT
+#  define S_IFWHT 0
+#endif
+
+
+/* S_ISXXX() */
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#  define S_ISDIR(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IDIR
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISCHR
+#  define S_ISCHR(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_ICHR
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISBLK
+#  define S_ISBLK(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IBLK
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISREG
+#  define S_ISREG(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IREG
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISFIFO
+#  define S_ISFIFO(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFIFO
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISLNK
+#  define S_ISLNK(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISSOCK
+#  define S_ISSOCK(mode) ((mode) & S_IFMT) == S_IFSOCK
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISDOOR
+#  define S_ISDOOR(mode) 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISPORT
+#  define S_ISPORT(mode) 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISWHT
+#  define S_ISWHT(mode) 0
+#endif
+
+
+/* S_I* file permission
+ *
+ * The permission bit value are defined by POSIX standards.
+ */
+#ifndef S_ISUID
+#  define S_ISUID 04000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISGID
+#  define S_ISGID 02000
+#endif
+
+/* what is S_ENFMT? */
+#ifndef S_ENFMT
+#  define S_ENFMT S_ISGID
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISVTX
+#  define S_ISVTX 01000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IREAD
+#  define S_IREAD 00400
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IWRITE
+#  define S_IWRITE 00200
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IEXEC
+#  define S_IEXEC 00100
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IRWXU
+#  define S_IRWXU 00700
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IRUSR
+#  define S_IRUSR 00400
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IWUSR
+#  define S_IWUSR 00200
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IXUSR
+#  define S_IXUSR 00100
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IRWXG
+#  define S_IRWXG 00070
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IRGRP
+#  define S_IRGRP 00040
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IWGRP
+#  define S_IWGRP 00020
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IXGRP
+#  define S_IXGRP 00010
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IRWXO
+#  define S_IRWXO 00007
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IROTH
+#  define S_IROTH 00004
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IWOTH
+#  define S_IWOTH 00002
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IXOTH
+#  define S_IXOTH 00001
+#endif
+
+
+/* Names for file flags */
+#ifndef UF_NODUMP
+#  define UF_NODUMP 0x00000001
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_IMMUTABLE
+#  define UF_IMMUTABLE 0x00000002
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_APPEND
+#  define UF_APPEND 0x00000004
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_OPAQUE
+#  define UF_OPAQUE 0x00000008
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_NOUNLINK
+#  define UF_NOUNLINK 0x00000010
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_COMPRESSED
+#  define UF_COMPRESSED 0x00000020
+#endif
+
+#ifndef UF_HIDDEN
+#  define UF_HIDDEN 0x00008000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SF_ARCHIVED
+#  define SF_ARCHIVED 0x00010000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SF_IMMUTABLE
+#  define SF_IMMUTABLE 0x00020000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SF_APPEND
+#  define SF_APPEND 0x00040000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SF_NOUNLINK
+#  define SF_NOUNLINK 0x00100000
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SF_SNAPSHOT
+#  define SF_SNAPSHOT 0x00200000
+#endif
+
+
+#define stat_S_ISFUNC(isfunc, doc)                             \
+    static PyObject *                                          \
+    stat_ ##isfunc (PyObject *self, PyObject *omode)           \
+    {                                                          \
+       unsigned long mode = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(omode);      \
+       if ((mode == (unsigned long)-1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {  \
+           return NULL;                                        \
+       }                                                       \
+       return PyBool_FromLong(isfunc(mode));                   \
+    }                                                          \
+    PyDoc_STRVAR(stat_ ## isfunc ## _doc, doc)
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISDIR,
+    "S_ISDIR(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a directory.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISCHR,
+    "S_ISCHR(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a character special device file.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISBLK,
+    "S_ISBLK(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a block special device file.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISREG,
+    "S_ISREG(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a regular file.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISFIFO,
+    "S_ISFIFO(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a FIFO (named pipe).");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISLNK,
+    "S_ISLNK(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a symbolic link.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISSOCK,
+    "S_ISSOCK(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a socket.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISDOOR,
+    "S_ISDOOR(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a door.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISPORT,
+    "S_ISPORT(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from an event port.");
+
+stat_S_ISFUNC(S_ISWHT,
+    "S_ISWHT(mode) -> bool\n\n"
+    "Return True if mode is from a whiteout.");
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(stat_S_IMODE_doc,
+"Return the portion of the file's mode that can be set by os.chmod().");
+
+static PyObject *
+stat_S_IMODE(PyObject *self, PyObject *omode)
+{
+    unsigned long mode = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(omode);
+    if ((mode == (unsigned long)-1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(mode & S_IMODE);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(stat_S_IFMT_doc,
+"Return the portion of the file's mode that describes the file type.");
+
+static PyObject *
+stat_S_IFMT(PyObject *self, PyObject *omode)
+{
+    unsigned long mode = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(omode);
+    if ((mode == (unsigned long)-1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(mode & S_IFMT);
+}
+
+/* file type chars according to
+   http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/POSIX_Reference/sys/stat.h */
+
+static char
+filetype(mode_t mode)
+{
+    /* common cases first */
+    if (S_ISREG(mode))  return '-';
+    if (S_ISDIR(mode))  return 'd';
+    if (S_ISLNK(mode))  return 'l';
+    /* special files */
+    if (S_ISBLK(mode))  return 'b';
+    if (S_ISCHR(mode))  return 'c';
+    if (S_ISFIFO(mode)) return 'p';
+    if (S_ISSOCK(mode)) return 's';
+    /* non-standard types */
+    if (S_ISDOOR(mode)) return 'D';
+    if (S_ISPORT(mode)) return 'P';
+    if (S_ISWHT(mode))  return 'w';
+    /* unknown */
+    return '?';
+}
+
+static void
+fileperm(mode_t mode, char *buf)
+{
+    buf[0] = mode & S_IRUSR ? 'r' : '-';
+    buf[1] = mode & S_IWUSR ? 'w' : '-';
+    if (mode & S_ISUID) {
+        buf[2] = mode & S_IXUSR ? 's' : 'S';
+    } else {
+        buf[2] = mode & S_IXUSR ? 'x' : '-';
+    }
+    buf[3] = mode & S_IRGRP ? 'r' : '-';
+    buf[4] = mode & S_IWGRP ? 'w' : '-';
+    if (mode & S_ISGID) {
+        buf[5] = mode & S_IXGRP ? 's' : 'S';
+    } else {
+        buf[5] = mode & S_IXGRP ? 'x' : '-';
+    }
+    buf[6] = mode & S_IROTH ? 'r' : '-';
+    buf[7] = mode & S_IWOTH ? 'w' : '-';
+    if (mode & S_ISVTX) {
+        buf[8] = mode & S_IXOTH ? 't' : 'T';
+    } else {
+        buf[8] = mode & S_IXOTH ? 'x' : '-';
+    }
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(stat_filemode_doc,
+"Convert a file's mode to a string of the form '-rwxrwxrwx'");
+
+static PyObject *
+stat_filemode(PyObject *self, PyObject *omode)
+{
+    char buf[10];
+    unsigned long mode;
+
+    mode = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(omode);
+    if ((mode == (unsigned long)-1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    buf[0] = filetype(mode);
+    fileperm(mode, &buf[1]);
+    return PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(buf, 10);
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef stat_methods[] = {
+    {"S_ISDIR",         stat_S_ISDIR,  METH_O, stat_S_ISDIR_doc},
+    {"S_ISCHR",         stat_S_ISCHR,  METH_O, stat_S_ISCHR_doc},
+    {"S_ISBLK",         stat_S_ISBLK,  METH_O, stat_S_ISBLK_doc},
+    {"S_ISREG",         stat_S_ISREG,  METH_O, stat_S_ISREG_doc},
+    {"S_ISFIFO",        stat_S_ISFIFO, METH_O, stat_S_ISFIFO_doc},
+    {"S_ISLNK",         stat_S_ISLNK,  METH_O, stat_S_ISLNK_doc},
+    {"S_ISSOCK",        stat_S_ISSOCK, METH_O, stat_S_ISSOCK_doc},
+    {"S_ISDOOR",        stat_S_ISDOOR, METH_O, stat_S_ISDOOR_doc},
+    {"S_ISPORT",        stat_S_ISPORT, METH_O, stat_S_ISPORT_doc},
+    {"S_ISWHT",         stat_S_ISWHT,  METH_O, stat_S_ISWHT_doc},
+    {"S_IMODE",         stat_S_IMODE,  METH_O, stat_S_IMODE_doc},
+    {"S_IFMT",          stat_S_IFMT,   METH_O, stat_S_IFMT_doc},
+    {"filemode",        stat_filemode, METH_O, stat_filemode_doc},
+    {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
+};
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
+"S_IFMT_: file type bits\n\
+S_IFDIR: directory\n\
+S_IFCHR: character device\n\
+S_IFBLK: block device\n\
+S_IFREG: regular file\n\
+S_IFIFO: fifo (named pipe)\n\
+S_IFLNK: symbolic link\n\
+S_IFSOCK: socket file\n\
+S_IFDOOR: door\n\
+S_IFPORT: event port\n\
+S_IFWHT: whiteout\n\
+\n"
+
+"S_ISUID: set UID bit\n\
+S_ISGID: set GID bit\n\
+S_ENFMT: file locking enforcement\n\
+S_ISVTX: sticky bit\n\
+S_IREAD: Unix V7 synonym for S_IRUSR\n\
+S_IWRITE: Unix V7 synonym for S_IWUSR\n\
+S_IEXEC: Unix V7 synonym for S_IXUSR\n\
+S_IRWXU: mask for owner permissions\n\
+S_IRUSR: read by owner\n\
+S_IWUSR: write by owner\n\
+S_IXUSR: execute by owner\n\
+S_IRWXG: mask for group permissions\n\
+S_IRGRP: read by group\n\
+S_IWGRP: write by group\n\
+S_IXGRP: execute by group\n\
+S_IRWXO: mask for others (not in group) permissions\n\
+S_IROTH: read by others\n\
+S_IWOTH: write by others\n\
+S_IXOTH: execute by others\n\
+\n"
+
+"UF_NODUMP: do not dump file\n\
+UF_IMMUTABLE: file may not be changed\n\
+UF_APPEND: file may only be appended to\n\
+UF_OPAQUE: directory is opaque when viewed through a union stack\n\
+UF_NOUNLINK: file may not be renamed or deleted\n\
+UF_COMPRESSED: OS X: file is hfs-compressed\n\
+UF_HIDDEN: OS X: file should not be displayed\n\
+SF_ARCHIVED: file may be archived\n\
+SF_IMMUTABLE: file may not be changed\n\
+SF_APPEND: file may only be appended to\n\
+SF_NOUNLINK: file may not be renamed or deleted\n\
+SF_SNAPSHOT: file is a snapshot file\n\
+\n"
+
+"ST_MODE\n\
+ST_INO\n\
+ST_DEV\n\
+ST_NLINK\n\
+ST_UID\n\
+ST_GID\n\
+ST_SIZE\n\
+ST_ATIME\n\
+ST_MTIME\n\
+ST_CTIME\n\
+");
+
+
+static struct PyModuleDef statmodule = {
+    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
+    "_stat",
+    module_doc,
+    -1,
+    stat_methods,
+    NULL,
+    NULL,
+    NULL,
+    NULL
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+PyInit__stat(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+    m = PyModule_Create(&statmodule);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFDIR)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFCHR)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFBLK)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFREG)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFIFO)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFLNK)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFSOCK)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFDOOR)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFPORT)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IFWHT)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_ISUID)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_ISGID)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_ISVTX)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_ENFMT)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IREAD)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IWRITE)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IEXEC)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IRWXU)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IRUSR)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IWUSR)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IXUSR)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IRWXG)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IRGRP)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IWGRP)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IXGRP)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IRWXO)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IROTH)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IWOTH)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, S_IXOTH)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_NODUMP)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_IMMUTABLE)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_APPEND)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_OPAQUE)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_NOUNLINK)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_COMPRESSED)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, UF_HIDDEN)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SF_ARCHIVED)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SF_IMMUTABLE)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SF_APPEND)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SF_NOUNLINK)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SF_SNAPSHOT)) return NULL;
+
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_MODE", 0)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_INO", 1)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_DEV", 2)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_NLINK", 3)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_UID", 4)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_GID", 5)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_SIZE", 6)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_ATIME", 7)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_MTIME", 8)) return NULL;
+    if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "ST_CTIME", 9)) return NULL;
+
+    return m;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj b/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
index c5ee9a6..6524c92 100644
--- a/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
+++ b/PC/VS9.0/pythoncore.vcproj
@@ -1155,6 +1155,10 @@
 				>
 			</File>
 			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\Modules\_stat.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\Modules\symtablemodule.c"
 				>
 			</File>
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
index bba98bb..5768b36 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\sha256module.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\sha512module.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\signalmodule.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_stat.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\symtablemodule.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\_threadmodule.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\Modules\timemodule.c" />
@@ -678,4 +679,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>