diff --git a/rtl/linux/syscalls.inc b/rtl/linux/syscalls.inc
index 806523f2ef..7d272cb836 100644
--- a/rtl/linux/syscalls.inc
+++ b/rtl/linux/syscalls.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 {No debugging for syslinux include !}
 {$IFDEF SYS_LINUX}
   {$UNDEF SYSCALL_DEBUG}
-{$ENDIF SYS_LINUX}  
+{$ENDIF SYS_LINUX}
 
 
 {*****************************************************************************
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var
   LastEax,
   LastCall : longint;
   DebugTxt : string[20];
-{$ENDIF}  
+{$ENDIF}
 Function SysCall( callnr:longint;var regs : SysCallregs ):longint;
 {
   This function serves as an interface to do_SysCall.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ begin
       lastcnt:=0;
       writeln(sys_nr_txt[lastcall],debugtxt,lasteax);
       end;
-    end;     
+    end;
 {$endif}
 end;
 
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ begin
 end;
 
 
+Function Sys_fstat(fd : longint;var Info:stat):Longint;
+var
+  regs : SysCallregs;
+begin
+  regs.reg2:=fd;
+  regs.reg3:=longint(@Info);
+  Sys_fStat:=SysCall(SysCall_nr_fstat,regs);
+end;
+
 
 Function Sys_Rename(Oldname,Newname:pchar):longint;
 var
@@ -317,7 +326,7 @@ begin
   if sys_stat(f,st)<0 then
    exit;
 { Is it a dir ? }
-  if not((st.mode and $f000)=$4000)then 
+  if not((st.mode and $f000)=$4000)then
    begin
      errno:=sys_enotdir;
      exit
@@ -360,9 +369,9 @@ begin
   regs.reg4:=1;
   dummy:=SysCall(SysCall_nr_readdir,regs);
 { the readdir system call returns the number of bytes written }
-  if dummy=0 then 
-   sys_readdir:=nil 
-  else 
+  if dummy=0 then
+   sys_readdir:=nil
+  else
    sys_readdir:=p^.buf
 end;
 
@@ -389,7 +398,10 @@ end;
 
 {
   $Log$
-  Revision 1.10  2000-02-09 16:59:32  peter
+  Revision 1.11  2000-07-08 18:02:39  peter
+    * do_open checks for directory, if directory then ioerror 2
+
+  Revision 1.10  2000/02/09 16:59:32  peter
     * truncated log
 
   Revision 1.9  2000/02/08 11:47:09  peter
diff --git a/rtl/linux/syslinux.pp b/rtl/linux/syslinux.pp
index 698bb60217..ec05bbdb23 100644
--- a/rtl/linux/syslinux.pp
+++ b/rtl/linux/syslinux.pp
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ Procedure Do_Open(var f;p:pchar;flags:longint);
 }
 var
   oflags : longint;
+  dirtest : stat;
 Begin
 { close first if opened }
   if ((flags and $10000)=0) then
@@ -412,6 +413,15 @@ Begin
      Oflags:=Oflags and not(Open_RDWR);
      FileRec(f).Handle:=sys_open(p,oflags,438);
    end;
+{ Check if it's a directory, then we should return io error 2 }
+  if ErrNo=0 then
+   begin
+     if (Sys_fstat(filerec(f).handle,dirtest)<>0) then
+      inoutres:=2
+     else
+      if (dirtest.mode and STAT_IFMT)<>STAT_IFREG then
+       inoutres:=2;
+   end;
   Errno2Inoutres;
 End;
 
@@ -783,7 +793,10 @@ End.
 
 {
   $Log$
-  Revision 1.48  2000-06-30 22:14:03  peter
+  Revision 1.49  2000-07-08 18:02:39  peter
+    * do_open checks for directory, if directory then ioerror 2
+
+  Revision 1.48  2000/06/30 22:14:03  peter
     * removed obsolete crtlib code
     * support EINTR for read/write to restart the syscall