diff --git a/src/fs_openat.hpp b/src/fs_openat.hpp
index bfbd5bbd..bca489ef 100644
--- a/src/fs_openat.hpp
+++ b/src/fs_openat.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ namespace fs
     return ((rv == -1) ? -errno : rv);
   }
 
+  static
+  inline
+  int
+  openat(const int                    dirfd_,
+         const ghc::filesystem::path &pathname_,
+         const int                    flags_)
+  {
+    return fs::openat(dirfd_,pathname_.string().c_str(),flags_);
+  }
+  
   static
   inline
   int