diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index 21e0f79e9..b5ee1fcad 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     #include <Io.h>
     #include <Windows.h>
     #include <Winbase.h>
+    #include <sys/types.h>
+    #include <sys/stat.h>
     // set up for windows so acts just like unix access().
     #define F_OK 4
 #else // unix
@@ -45,14 +47,18 @@ bool osgDB::fileExists(const std::string& filename)
 osgDB::FileType osgDB::fileType(const std::string& filename)
 {
 #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-    if (!fileExists(filename))
+    struct _stat fileStat;
+    if ( _stat(filename.c_str(), &fileStat) != 0 ) 
     {
         return FILE_NOT_FOUND;
-    } 
-    else
-    {
+    } // end if
+    
+    if ( fileStat.st_mode & _S_IFDIR )
+        return DIRECTORY;
+    else if ( fileStat.st_mode & _S_IFREG )
         return REGULAR_FILE;
-    }
+    
+    return FILE_NOT_FOUND;
 
 #else
     struct stat fileStat;