diff --git a/attrs.go b/attrs.go
index 542a450..4453b85 100644
--- a/attrs.go
+++ b/attrs.go
@@ -17,60 +17,90 @@ const (
 	ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_EXTENDED    = 0x80000000
 )
 
-type attr struct {
-	name  string
-	size  uint64
-	mode  os.FileMode
+// fileInfo is an artificial type designed to satisfy os.FileInfo.
+type fileInfo struct {
+	name string
+	size int64
+	mode os.FileMode
 	mtime time.Time
+	sys interface{}
 }
 
 // Name returns the base name of the file.
-func (a *attr) Name() string { return a.name }
+func (a *fileInfo) Name() string { return a.name }
 
 // Size returns the length in bytes for regular files; system-dependent for others.
-func (a *attr) Size() int64 { return int64(a.size) }
+func (a *fileInfo) Size() int64 { return a.size }
 
 // Mode returns file mode bits.
-func (a *attr) Mode() os.FileMode { return a.mode }
+func (a *fileInfo) Mode() os.FileMode { return a.mode }
 
 // ModTime returns the last modification time of the file.
-func (a *attr) ModTime() time.Time { return a.mtime }
+func (a *fileInfo) ModTime() time.Time { return a.mtime }
 
 // IsDir returns true if the file is a directory.
-func (a *attr) IsDir() bool { return a.Mode().IsDir() }
+func (a *fileInfo) IsDir() bool { return a.Mode().IsDir() }
 
-func (a *attr) Sys() interface{} { return a }
+func (a *fileInfo) Sys() interface{} { return a.sys }
 
-func unmarshalAttrs(b []byte) (*attr, []byte) {
+// FileStat holds the original unmarshalled values from a call LSTAT.
+type FileStat struct {
+	Size  uint64
+	Mode  uint32
+	Mtime uint32
+	Atime uint32
+	Uid uint32
+	Gid uint32
+	Extended []StatExtended
+}
+
+type StatExtended struct {
+	ExtType string
+	ExtData string
+}
+
+func fileInfoFromStat(st *FileStat, name string) os.FileInfo {
+	fs := &fileInfo{
+		name: name,
+		size: int64(st.Size),
+		mode: toFileMode(st.Mode),
+		mtime: time.Unix(int64(st.Mtime), 0),
+		sys: st,
+	}
+	return fs
+}
+
+func unmarshalAttrs(b []byte) (*FileStat, []byte) {
 	flags, b := unmarshalUint32(b)
-	var a attr
+	var a FileStat
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_SIZE == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_SIZE {
-		a.size, b = unmarshalUint64(b)
+		a.Size, b = unmarshalUint64(b)
 	}
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID {
-		_, b = unmarshalUint32(b) // discarded
+		a.Uid, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
 	}
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID {
-		_, b = unmarshalUint32(b) // discarded
+		a.Gid, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
 	}
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_PERMISSIONS == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_PERMISSIONS {
-		var mode uint32
-		mode, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
-		a.mode = toFileMode(mode)
+		a.Mode, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
 	}
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_ACMODTIME == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_ACMODTIME {
-		var mtime uint32
-		_, b = unmarshalUint32(b) // discarded
-		mtime, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
-		a.mtime = time.Unix(int64(mtime), 0)
+		a.Atime, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
+		a.Mtime, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
 	}
 	if flags&ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_EXTENDED == ssh_FILEXFER_ATTR_EXTENDED {
 		var count uint32
 		count, b = unmarshalUint32(b)
+		ext := make([]StatExtended,count,count)
 		for i := uint32(0); i < count; i++ {
-			_, b = unmarshalString(b)
-			_, b = unmarshalString(b)
+			var typ string
+			var data string
+			typ, b = unmarshalString(b)
+			data, b = unmarshalString(b)
+			ext[i] = StatExtended{typ,data}
 		}
+		a.Extended = ext
 	}
 	return &a, b
 }
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 9db758d..2913531 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -139,13 +139,12 @@ func (c *Client) ReadDir(p string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 				var filename string
 				filename, data = unmarshalString(data)
 				_, data = unmarshalString(data) // discard longname
-				var attr *attr
+				var attr *FileStat
 				attr, data = unmarshalAttrs(data)
 				if filename == "." || filename == ".." {
 					continue
 				}
-				attr.name = path.Base(filename)
-				attrs = append(attrs, attr)
+				attrs = append(attrs, fileInfoFromStat(attr, path.Base(filename)) )
 			}
 		case ssh_FXP_STATUS:
 			// TODO(dfc) scope warning!
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ func (c *Client) Lstat(p string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 			return nil, &unexpectedIdErr{id, sid}
 		}
 		attr, _ := unmarshalAttrs(data)
-		attr.name = path.Base(p)
-		return attr, nil
+		return fileInfoFromStat(attr, path.Base(p)), nil
 	case ssh_FXP_STATUS:
 		return nil, unmarshalStatus(id, data)
 	default:
@@ -405,7 +403,7 @@ func (c *Client) close(handle string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Client) fstat(handle string) (*attr, error) {
+func (c *Client) fstat(handle string) (*FileStat, error) {
 	type packet struct {
 		Type   byte
 		Id     uint32
@@ -638,10 +636,10 @@ func (f *File) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 // error.
 func (f *File) Stat() (os.FileInfo, error) {
 	fi, err := f.c.fstat(f.handle)
-	if err == nil {
-		fi.name = path.Base(f.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return fi, err
+	return fileInfoFromStat(fi, path.Base(f.path)), nil
 }
 
 // clamp writes to less than 32k