diff --git a/attrs.go b/attrs.go
index c995534e..fb839a78 100644
--- a/attrs.go
+++ b/attrs.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type FileStat struct {
 	UID      uint32
 	GID      uint32
 	Extended []StatExtended
+	Longname string
 }
 
 // ModTime returns the Mtime SFTP file attribute converted to a time.Time
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index c04f1afd..280184af 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -405,12 +405,14 @@ func (c *Client) ReadDirContext(ctx context.Context, p string) ([]os.FileInfo, e
 			for i := uint32(0); i < count; i++ {
 				var filename string
 				filename, data = unmarshalString(data)
-				_, data = unmarshalString(data) // discard longname
+				var longname string
+				longname, data = unmarshalString(data)
 				var attr *FileStat
 				attr, data, err = unmarshalAttrs(data)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
+				attr.Longname = longname
 				if filename == "." || filename == ".." {
 					continue
 				}