diff --git a/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h b/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h
index d89aee0ad..e05cb4409 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h
+++ b/src/os/unix/ngx_files.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_set_file_time(u_char *name, ngx_fd_t fd, time_t s);
 #define ngx_is_file(sb)          (S_ISREG((sb)->st_mode))
 #define ngx_is_link(sb)          (S_ISLNK((sb)->st_mode))
 #define ngx_is_exec(sb)          ((sb)->st_mode & S_IXUSR)
+#define ngx_file_access(sb)      ((sb)->st_mode & 0777)
 #define ngx_file_size(sb)        (sb)->st_size
 #define ngx_file_mtime(sb)       (sb)->st_mtime
 #define ngx_file_uniq(sb)        (sb)->st_ino
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_open_dir(ngx_str_t *name, ngx_dir_t *dir);
 #define ngx_de_is_dir(dir)       (S_ISDIR((dir)->info.st_mode))
 #define ngx_de_is_file(dir)      (S_ISREG((dir)->info.st_mode))
 #define ngx_de_is_link(dir)      (S_ISLNK((dir)->info.st_mode))
+#define ngx_de_access(dir)       (((dir)->info.st_mode) & 0777)
 #define ngx_de_size(dir)         (dir)->info.st_size
 #define ngx_de_mtime(dir)        (dir)->info.st_mtime
 
diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h b/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h
index 132b6221b..7db5c8100 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h
+++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_files.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_file_info(u_char *filename, ngx_file_info_t *fi);
 #define ngx_is_file(fi)     !((fi)->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 #define ngx_is_link(fi)     0
 
+#define ngx_file_access(fi) 0
 
 #define ngx_file_size(fi)                                                    \
     (((off_t) (fi)->nFileSizeHigh << 32) | (fi)->nFileSizeLow)
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_de_link_info(u_char *name, ngx_dir_t *dir);
 #define ngx_de_is_file(dir)                                                  \
     !((dir)->finddata.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
 #define ngx_de_is_link(dir)         0
+#define ngx_de_access(dir)          0
 #define ngx_de_size(dir)                                                     \
   (((off_t) (dir)->finddata.nFileSizeHigh << 32) | (dir)->finddata.nFileSizeLow)