diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e975b22..f3ddec43 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ DerivedData
 # Pods - for those of you who use CocoaPods
 Pods
 update-test.sh
+.vscode/
+android/.gradle/*
+android/gradle/*
+android/*.iml
+android/local.properties
diff --git a/FS.common.js b/FS.common.js
index 21cda3df..3214d117 100755
--- a/FS.common.js
+++ b/FS.common.js
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ type ReadDirItem = {
 };
 
 type StatResult = {
-  name: string;     // The name of the item
+  name: ?string;     // The name of the item TODO: why is this not documented?
   path: string;     // The absolute path to the item
   size: string;     // Size in bytes
   mode: number;     // UNIX file mode
   ctime: number;    // Created date
   mtime: number;    // Last modified date
+  originalFilepath: string;    // In case of content uri this is the pointed file path, otherwise is the same as path
   isFile: () => boolean;        // Is the file just a file?
   isDirectory: () => boolean;   // Is the file a directory?
 };
@@ -272,10 +273,12 @@ var RNFS = {
   stat(filepath: string): Promise<StatResult> {
     return RNFSManager.stat(normalizeFilePath(filepath)).then((result) => {
       return {
+        'path': filepath,
         'ctime': new Date(result.ctime * 1000),
         'mtime': new Date(result.mtime * 1000),
         'size': result.size,
         'mode': result.mode,
+        'originalFilepath': result.originalFilepath,
         isFile: () => result.type === RNFSFileTypeRegular,
         isDirectory: () => result.type === RNFSFileTypeDirectory,
       };
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd5df018..9d9d69c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -378,15 +378,17 @@ Node.js style version of `readDir` that returns only the names. Note the lowerca
 
 ### `stat(filepath: string): Promise<StatResult>`
 
-Stats an item at `path`.
+Stats an item at `filepath`. If the `filepath` is linked to a virtual file, for example Android Content URI, the `originalPath` can be used to find the pointed file path. 
 The promise resolves with an object with the following properties:
 
 ```
 type StatResult = {
+  path:            // The same as filepath argument
   ctime: date;     // The creation date of the file
   mtime: date;     // The last modified date of the file
   size: string;     // Size in bytes
   mode: number;     // UNIX file mode
+  originalFilepath: string;    // ANDROID: In case of content uri this is the pointed file path, otherwise is the same as path
   isFile: () => boolean;        // Is the file just a file?
   isDirectory: () => boolean;   // Is the file a directory?
 };
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
index 02316787..5957d0c3 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
+import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.StatFs;
+import android.provider.MediaStore;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.util.Base64;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
@@ -72,6 +74,21 @@ private Uri getFileUri(String filepath) throws IORejectionException {
     return uri;
   }
 
+  private String getOriginalFilepath(String filepath) throws IORejectionException {
+    Uri uri = getFileUri(filepath);
+    String originalFilepath = "";
+    if (uri.getScheme().equals("content")) {
+      try {
+        Cursor cursor = reactContext.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
+        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
+          originalFilepath = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA));
+        }
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
+      }
+    }
+    return originalFilepath;
+  }
+
   private InputStream getInputStream(String filepath) throws IORejectionException {
     Uri uri = getFileUri(filepath);
     InputStream stream;
@@ -510,16 +527,17 @@ public void setReadable(String filepath, Boolean readable, Boolean ownerOnly, Pr
   @ReactMethod
   public void stat(String filepath, Promise promise) {
     try {
-      File file = new File(filepath);
+      String originalFilepath = getOriginalFilepath(filepath);
+      File file = new File(originalFilepath);
 
       if (!file.exists()) throw new Exception("File does not exist");
 
       WritableMap statMap = Arguments.createMap();
-
       statMap.putInt("ctime", (int) (file.lastModified() / 1000));
       statMap.putInt("mtime", (int) (file.lastModified() / 1000));
       statMap.putInt("size", (int) file.length());
       statMap.putInt("type", file.isDirectory() ? 1 : 0);
+      statMap.putString("originalFilepath", originalFilepath);
 
       promise.resolve(statMap);
     } catch (Exception ex) {