diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/base.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/base.py
index 793bd09e..81c232e5 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/base.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/base.py
@@ -28,3 +28,25 @@ class Result(NamedTuple):
             self.stderr.decode(encoding, errors=errors) if self.stderr is not None else None,
             self.status
         )
+
+class StatResult(NamedTuple):
+
+    mode: int
+    owner: str
+    group: str
+    size: int
+    atime: int
+    mtime: int
+    ctime: int
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_os(cls, rhs: os.stat_result) -> StatResult:
+        import pwd, grp
+        return StatResult(
+            rhs.st_mode,
+            pwd.getpwuid(rhs.pw_uid).pw_name,
+            grp.getgrgid(gid).gr_name,
+            rhs.st_size,
+            rhs.st_mtime,
+            rhs.st_ctime,
+        )