diff --git a/bin/libs/zos-fs.ts b/bin/libs/zos-fs.ts
index 99305bc4b9..64eae0b2fd 100644
--- a/bin/libs/zos-fs.ts
+++ b/bin/libs/zos-fs.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import * as shell from './shell';
 // Get file encoding from z/OS USS tagging
 export function getFileEncoding(filePath: string): number|undefined {
   //zos.changeTag(file, id)
-  let returnArray = os.stat(filePath);
-  if (!returnArray[1] && ((returnArray[0].mode & os.S_IFREG) == os.S_IFREG)) { //no error, and is file
-    return returnArray[0].ccsid;
-  } else {
-    common.printError(`getFileEncoding path=${filePath}, err=${returnArray[1]}`);
+  if (os.platform == 'zos') {
+    let returnArray = zos.zstat(filePath);
+    if (!returnArray[1] && ((returnArray[0].mode & os.S_IFMT) == os.S_IFREG)) { //no error, and is file
+      return returnArray[0].ccsid;
+    } else {
+      common.printError(`getFileEncoding path=${filePath}, err=${returnArray[1]}`);
+    }
   }
   return undefined;
 }
diff --git a/build/zwe/types/@qjstypes/zos.d.ts b/build/zwe/types/@qjstypes/zos.d.ts
index ec41ae6571..551948c5c2 100644
--- a/build/zwe/types/@qjstypes/zos.d.ts
+++ b/build/zwe/types/@qjstypes/zos.d.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@
 export type ZStat = {
     dev: number;
     ino: number;
+    mode: number;
+    nlink: number;
     uid: number;
     gid: number;
+    rdev: number;
+    size: number;
+    blocks: number;
     atime: number;
     mtime: number;
     ctime: number;