diff --git a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32.h b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32.h
--- a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32.h
+++ b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 	ino_t st_ino;
 	nlink_t st_nlink;
 	mode_t	st_mode;
-	uint16_t st_padding0;
+	uint16_t st_bsdflags;
 	uid_t	st_uid;
 	gid_t	st_gid;
 	uint32_t st_padding1;
diff --git a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
--- a/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/freebsd32/freebsd32_misc.c
@@ -2309,8 +2309,8 @@
 	CP(*in, *out, st_flags);
 	CP(*in, *out, st_gen);
 	CP(*in, *out, st_filerev);
+	CP(*in, *out, st_bsdflags);
 	TS_CP(*in, *out, st_birthtim);
-	out->st_padding0 = 0;
 	out->st_padding1 = 0;
 #ifdef __STAT32_TIME_T_EXT
 	out->st_atim_ext = 0;
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
@@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@
 	AUDIT_ARG_FILE(td->td_proc, fp);
 
 	sbp->st_filerev = 0;
+	sbp->st_bsdflags = 0;
 	error = fo_stat(fp, sbp, td->td_ucred);
 	fdrop(fp, td);
 #ifdef __STAT_TIME_T_EXT
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_default.c b/sys/kern/vfs_default.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_default.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_default.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@
 	vap->va_gen = 0;
 	vap->va_rdev = NODEV;
 	vap->va_filerev = 0;
+	vap->va_bsdflags = 0;
 
 	error = VOP_GETATTR(vp, vap, a->a_active_cred);
 	if (error)
@@ -1590,6 +1591,7 @@
 	sb->st_blocks = vap->va_bytes / S_BLKSIZE;
 	sb->st_gen = vap->va_gen;
 	sb->st_filerev = vap->va_filerev;
+	sb->st_bsdflags = vap->va_bsdflags;
 out:
 	return (vop_stat_helper_post(a, error));
 }
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,7 @@
 	vap->va_gen = VNOVAL;
 	vap->va_vaflags = 0;
 	vap->va_filerev = VNOVAL;
+	vap->va_bsdflags = 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/sys/stat.h b/sys/sys/stat.h
--- a/sys/sys/stat.h
+++ b/sys/sys/stat.h
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	ino_t	  st_ino;		/* inode's number */
 	nlink_t	  st_nlink;		/* number of hard links */
 	mode_t	  st_mode;		/* inode protection mode */
-	__int16_t st_padding0;
+	__int16_t st_bsdflags;		/* misc system flags */
 	uid_t	  st_uid;		/* user ID of the file's owner */
 	gid_t	  st_gid;		/* group ID of the file's group */
 	__int32_t st_padding1;
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@
 #define	SF_NOUNLINK	0x00100000	/* file may not be removed or renamed */
 #define	SF_SNAPSHOT	0x00200000	/* snapshot inode */
 
+/* st_bsdflags */
+#define	SFBSD_NAMEDATTR	0x0001		/* file is named attribute or dir */
+
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 /*
  * Shorthand abbreviations of above.
diff --git a/sys/sys/vnode.h b/sys/sys/vnode.h
--- a/sys/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vnode.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 struct vattr {
 	__enum_uint8(vtype)	va_type;	/* vnode type (for create) */
 	u_short		va_mode;	/* files access mode and type */
-	u_short		va_padding0;
+	uint16_t	va_bsdflags;	/* same as st_bsdflags from stat(2) */
 	uid_t		va_uid;		/* owner user id */
 	gid_t		va_gid;		/* owner group id */
 	nlink_t		va_nlink;	/* number of references to file */
@@ -988,10 +988,10 @@
 	AUDIT_ARG_VNODE1(ap->a_vp);						\
 	_error = mac_vnode_check_stat(_ap->a_active_cred, _ap->a_file_cred, _ap->a_vp);\
 	if (__predict_true(_error == 0)) {					\
-		ap->a_sb->st_padding0 = 0;					\
 		ap->a_sb->st_padding1 = 0;					\
 		bzero(_ap->a_sb->st_spare, sizeof(_ap->a_sb->st_spare));	\
 		ap->a_sb->st_filerev = 0;					\
+		ap->a_sb->st_bsdflags = 0;					\
 	}									\
 	_error;									\
 })