diff --git a/src/fs_acl.cpp b/src/fs_acl.cpp
index 79c3b947..abfaa02c 100644
--- a/src/fs_acl.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_acl.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ namespace fs
                      const ghc::filesystem::path &relpath_)
     {
       int rv;
+      int fd;
+
+      fd = fs::openat(fd_,relpath_.parent_path().string(),O_RDONLY);
+                      
 
       rv = fs::fgetxattr(fd_,relpath_.c_str(),POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT_XATTR,NULL,0);