diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index ef8a9c72c..5936e90eb 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static void vfs_stat_to_libc_stat_struct(Vfs::Directory_service::Stat const &src
 	dst->st_dev     = src.device;
 	long long mtime = src.modification_time.value;
 	dst->st_mtime   = mtime != Vfs::Timestamp::INVALID ? mtime : 0;
+	dst->st_nlink   = 1;
 }