diff --git a/basis/io/files/listing/unix/unix.factor b/basis/io/files/listing/unix/unix.factor
index 313ce1f79a..bef8d3dc56 100755
--- a/basis/io/files/listing/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/io/files/listing/unix/unix.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 USING: accessors combinators kernel system unicode.case
 io.unix.files io.files.listing generalizations strings
 arrays sequences io.files math.parser unix.groups unix.users
-io.files.listing.private ;
+io.files.listing.private unix.stat math ;
 IN: io.files.listing.unix
 
 <PRIVATE
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ IN: io.files.listing.unix
         [ [ sticky? ] [ other-execute? ] bi 2array "t" unix-execute>string ]
     } cleave 10 narray concat ;
 
+: mode>symbol ( mode -- ch )
+    S_IFMT bitand
+    {
+        { [ dup S_IFDIR = ] [ drop "/" ] }
+        { [ dup S_IFIFO = ] [ drop "|" ] }
+        { [ dup any-execute? ] [ drop "*" ] }
+        { [ dup S_IFLNK = ] [ drop "@" ] }
+        { [ dup S_IFWHT = ] [ drop "%" ] }
+        { [ dup S_IFSOCK = ] [ drop "=" ] }
+        { [ t ] [ drop "" ] }
+    } cond ;
+
 M: unix (directory.) ( path -- lines )
     [ [
         [
diff --git a/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor b/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
index 98206bc992..ad5c192a39 100644
--- a/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
+++ b/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ math.bitwise byte-arrays alien combinators calendar
 io.encodings.binary accessors sequences strings system
 io.files.private destructors vocabs.loader calendar.unix
 unix.stat alien.c-types arrays unix.users unix.groups
-environment fry io.encodings.utf8 alien.strings unix.statfs ;
+environment fry io.encodings.utf8 alien.strings unix.statfs
+combinators.short-circuit ;
 IN: io.unix.files
 
 M: unix cwd ( -- path )
@@ -228,6 +229,15 @@ GENERIC: other-read? ( obj -- ? )
 GENERIC: other-write? ( obj -- ? )
 GENERIC: other-execute? ( obj -- ? )
 
+: any-read? ( obj -- ? )
+    { [ user-read? ] [ group-read? ] [ other-read? ] } 1|| ;
+
+: any-write? ( obj -- ? )
+    { [ user-write? ] [ group-write? ] [ other-write? ] } 1|| ;
+
+: any-execute? ( obj -- ? )
+    { [ user-execute? ] [ group-execute? ] [ other-execute? ] } 1|| ;
+
 M: integer uid? ( integer -- ? ) UID mask? ;
 M: integer gid? ( integer -- ? ) GID mask? ;
 M: integer sticky? ( integer -- ? ) STICKY mask? ;
diff --git a/basis/unix/stat/stat.factor b/basis/unix/stat/stat.factor
index 17d6604fc0..a3b0ed11b7 100644
--- a/basis/unix/stat/stat.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/stat/stat.factor
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ IN: unix.stat
 : S_IFIFO  OCT: 010000 ; inline   ! FIFO.
 : S_IFLNK  OCT: 120000 ; inline   ! Symbolic link.
 : S_IFSOCK OCT: 140000 ; inline   ! Socket.
+: S_IFWHT  OCT: 160000 ; inline   ! Whiteout.
 
 FUNCTION: int chmod ( char* path, mode_t mode ) ;
 FUNCTION: int fchmod ( int fd, mode_t mode ) ;