--- a/mercurial/scmutil.py	Tue Oct 15 00:51:04 2013 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/scmutil.py	Tue Oct 15 00:51:04 2013 +0900
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@
     def islink(self, path=None):
         return os.path.islink(self.join(path))
 
+    def lstat(self, path=None):
+        return os.lstat(self.join(path))
+
     def makedir(self, path=None, notindexed=True):
         return util.makedir(self.join(path), notindexed)