diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-cats-listen.md b/.changeset/tiny-cats-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48ef4d991eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-cats-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform-node-shared": patch
+"@effect/platform-deno": patch
+"effect": patch
+---
+
+Add `FileSystem.lstat` for inspecting symbolic links without following them.
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/FileSystem.ts b/packages/effect/src/FileSystem.ts
index 03d02dc189f..9f893a3348c 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/FileSystem.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/FileSystem.ts
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ export interface FileSystem {
       readonly mode?: number | undefined
     }
   ) => Sink.Sink<void, Uint8Array, never, PlatformError>
+  /**
+   * Get information about a file at `path` without following symbolic links.
+   */
+  readonly lstat: (
+    path: string
+  ) => Effect.Effect<File.Info, PlatformError>
   /**
    * Get information about a file at `path`.
    */
@@ -891,6 +897,9 @@ export const makeNoop = (fileSystem: Partial<FileSystem>): FileSystem =>
     sink(path) {
       return Sink.fail(notFound("sink", path))
     },
+    lstat(path) {
+      return Effect.fail(notFound("lstat", path))
+    },
     stat(path) {
       return Effect.fail(notFound("stat", path))
     },
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/FileSystem.test-utils.ts b/packages/effect/test/FileSystem.test-utils.ts
index 3490d7db974..d2c6c6b9e2d 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/FileSystem.test-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/FileSystem.test-utils.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ export const testLayer = <E>(layer: Layer.Layer<Fs.FileSystem, E>, options: Test
       assert(error.reason._tag === "NotFound")
     })))
 
+  it("lstat does not follow symbolic links", () =>
+    runPromise(Effect.scoped(Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const fs = yield* Fs.FileSystem
+      const directory = yield* fs.makeTempDirectoryScoped()
+      const target = `${directory}/target.txt`
+      const link = `${directory}/link.txt`
+
+      yield* fs.writeFileString(target, "target")
+      yield* fs.symlink(target, link)
+
+      const followed = yield* fs.stat(link)
+      const notFollowed = yield* fs.lstat(link)
+
+      assert.strictEqual(followed.type, "File")
+      assert.strictEqual(notFollowed.type, "SymbolicLink")
+    }))))
+
   it.skipIf(options.accessOnDirectory === false)(
     "access on a writable directory",
     () =>
diff --git a/packages/platform/deno/src/DenoFileSystem.ts b/packages/platform/deno/src/DenoFileSystem.ts
index 9e263a7c357..e621ae4684d 100644
--- a/packages/platform/deno/src/DenoFileSystem.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/deno/src/DenoFileSystem.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ const realPath: FileSystem.FileSystem["realPath"] = (path) => tryPromise("realPa
 const rename: FileSystem.FileSystem["rename"] = (oldPath, newPath) =>
   tryPromise("rename", oldPath, () => Deno.rename(oldPath, newPath))
 
+const lstat: FileSystem.FileSystem["lstat"] = (path) =>
+  Effect.map(
+    tryPromise("lstat", path, () => Deno.lstat(path)),
+    makeFileInfo
+  )
+
 const stat: FileSystem.FileSystem["stat"] = (path) =>
   Effect.map(
     tryPromise("stat", path, () => Deno.stat(path)),
@@ -473,6 +479,7 @@ const makeFileSystem = Effect.map(Effect.serviceOption(FileSystem.WatchBackend),
     copyFile,
     glob,
     link,
+    lstat,
     makeDirectory,
     makeTempDirectory,
     makeTempDirectoryScoped,
diff --git a/packages/platform/node-shared/src/NodeFileSystem.ts b/packages/platform/node-shared/src/NodeFileSystem.ts
index 8be146df349..6ce3fd1e17f 100644
--- a/packages/platform/node-shared/src/NodeFileSystem.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/node-shared/src/NodeFileSystem.ts
@@ -505,6 +505,14 @@ const makeFileInfo = (stat: NFS.Stats): FileSystem.File.Info => ({
   blksize: stat.blksize !== undefined ? Option.some(FileSystem.Size(stat.blksize)) : Option.none(),
   blocks: Option.fromNullishOr(stat.blocks)
 })
+const lstat = (() => {
+  const nodeLstat = effectify(
+    NFS.lstat,
+    handleErrnoException("FileSystem", "lstat"),
+    handleBadArgument("lstat")
+  )
+  return (path: string) => Effect.map(nodeLstat(path), makeFileInfo)
+})()
 const stat = (() => {
   const nodeStat = effectify(
     NFS.stat,
@@ -640,6 +648,7 @@ const makeFileSystem = Effect.map(Effect.serviceOption(FileSystem.WatchBackend),
     copyFile,
     glob,
     link,
+    lstat,
     makeDirectory,
     makeTempDirectory,
     makeTempDirectoryScoped,