diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index b0a5d95..1d277c0 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ const { HyperdriveOptions, DriveStats, MountStats, CoreStats } = require('./rpc/
 const { Stat, Mount } = require('./rpc/daemon/drive_pb.js')
 
 const CHUNK_SIZE = 3.9e6
+Stat.IFSOCK = 49152 // 0b1100...
+Stat.IFLNK = 40960 // 0b1010...
+Stat.IFREG = 32768 // 0b1000...
+Stat.IFBLK = 24576 // 0b0110...
+Stat.IFDIR = 16384 // 0b0100...
+Stat.IFCHR = 8192 // 0b0010...
+Stat.IFIFO = 4096 // 0b0001...
 
 function fromHyperdriveOptions (opts) {
   const extracted = {
@@ -59,6 +66,13 @@ function fromStat (stat) {
   }
 
   return {
+    isSocket: statModeCheck(Stat.IFSOCK),
+    isSymbolicLink: statModeCheck(Stat.IFLNK),
+    isFile: statModeCheck(Stat.IFREG),
+    isBlockDevice: statModeCheck(Stat.IFBLK),
+    isDirectory: statModeCheck(Stat.IFDIR),
+    isCharacterDevice: statModeCheck(Stat.IFCHR),
+    isFIFO: statModeCheck(Stat.IFIFO),
     mode: stat.getMode(),
     uid: stat.getUid(),
     gid: stat.getGid(),
@@ -71,6 +85,12 @@ function fromStat (stat) {
   }
 }
 
+function statModeCheck (mask) {
+  return function () {
+    return (mask & this.mode) === mask
+  }
+}
+
 function toStat (statOpts) {
   if (!statOpts) return null