diff --git a/src/stat/main.rs b/src/stat/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a290254b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stat/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate uu_stat;
+
+fn main() {
+    std::process::exit(uu_stat::uumain(std::env::args().collect()));
+}