diff --git a/src/server/lwext4_fs/main.cc b/src/server/lwext4_fs/main.cc
index 826c1f0..bfa318a 100644
--- a/src/server/lwext4_fs/main.cc
+++ b/src/server/lwext4_fs/main.cc
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ class Lwext4_fs::Session_component : public File_system::Session_rpc_object
 				}
 				break;
 
+			case Packet_descriptor::WRITE_TIMESTAMP:
+				if (tx_sink()->packet_valid(packet) && (packet.length() <= packet.size())) {
+
+					packet.with_timestamp([&] (File_system::Timestamp const time) {
+						open_node.node().update_modification_time(time);
+						succeeded = true;
+					});
+				}
+				break;
+
 			case Packet_descriptor::CONTENT_CHANGED:
 				open_node.register_notify(*tx_sink());
 				/* notify_listeners may bounce the packet back*/
diff --git a/src/server/lwext4_fs/node.h b/src/server/lwext4_fs/node.h
index 3d13861..a0ac74f 100644
--- a/src/server/lwext4_fs/node.h
+++ b/src/server/lwext4_fs/node.h
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ class Lwext4_fs::Node : public Node_base
 			}
 		}
 
+		void update_modification_time(Timestamp const time)
+		{
+			/* lwext4 only supports 32bit time values */
+			uint32_t const mtime = time.value > 0 ? (uint32_t)time.value : 0;
+
+			/* silently ignore errors */
+			(void)ext4_mtime_set(name(), mtime);
+		}
+
 		virtual Status status()
 		{
 			int err = ext4_raw_inode_fill(_name.base(), &_ino, &_inode);
@@ -76,15 +85,24 @@ class Lwext4_fs::Node : public Node_base
 			status.size  = ext4_inode_get_size(sb, &_inode);
 			status.inode = _ino;
 
-			unsigned int const v = ext4_inode_get_mode(sb, &_inode) & 0xf000;
+			unsigned int mtime = 0;
+			(void) ext4_mtime_get(_name.base(), &mtime);
+			status.modification_time = { mtime };
 
-			switch (v) {
+			unsigned int const mode = ext4_inode_get_mode(sb, &_inode);
+		 	unsigned int const type = mode & 0xf000;
+			switch (type) {
 			case EXT4_INODE_MODE_DIRECTORY: status.type = Node_type::DIRECTORY; break;
 			case EXT4_INODE_MODE_SOFTLINK:  status.type = Node_type::SYMLINK;   break;
 			case EXT4_INODE_MODE_FILE:
 			default:                        status.type = Node_type::CONTINUOUS_FILE; break;
 			}
 
+			status.rwx = { .readable   = mode & 0x100,
+			               .writeable  = mode & 0x080,
+			               .executable = mode & 0x040,
+			};
+
 			return status;
 		}