diff --git a/storagedriver/fileinfo.go b/storagedriver/fileinfo.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82e3d546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storagedriver/fileinfo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package storagedriver
+
+import "time"
+
+// FileInfo returns information about a given path. Inspired by os.FileInfo,
+// it elides the base name method for a full path instead.
+type FileInfo interface {
+	// Path provides the full path of the target of this file info.
+	Path() string
+
+	// Size returns current length in bytes of the file. The return value can
+	// be used to write to the end of the file at path. The value is
+	// meaningless if IsDir returns true.
+	Size() int64
+
+	// ModTime returns the modification time for the file. For backends that
+	// don't have a modification time, the creation time should be returned.
+	ModTime() time.Time
+
+	// IsDir returns true if the path is a directory.
+	IsDir() bool
+}
+
+// NOTE(stevvooe): The next two types, FileInfoFields and FileInfoInternal
+// should only be used by storagedriver implementations. They should moved to
+// a "driver" package, similar to database/sql.
+
+// FileInfoFields provides the exported fields for implementing FileInfo
+// interface in storagedriver implementations. It should be used with
+// InternalFileInfo.
+type FileInfoFields struct {
+	// Path provides the full path of the target of this file info.
+	Path string
+
+	// Size is current length in bytes of the file. The value of this field
+	// can be used to write to the end of the file at path. The value is
+	// meaningless if IsDir is set to true.
+	Size int64
+
+	// ModTime returns the modification time for the file. For backends that
+	// don't have a modification time, the creation time should be returned.
+	ModTime time.Time
+
+	// IsDir returns true if the path is a directory.
+	IsDir bool
+}
+
+// FileInfoInternal implements the FileInfo interface. This should only be
+// used by storagedriver implementations that don't have a specialized
+// FileInfo type.
+type FileInfoInternal struct {
+	FileInfoFields
+}
+
+var _ FileInfo = FileInfoInternal{}
+var _ FileInfo = &FileInfoInternal{}
+
+// Path provides the full path of the target of this file info.
+func (fi FileInfoInternal) Path() string {
+	return fi.FileInfoFields.Path
+}
+
+// Size returns current length in bytes of the file. The return value can
+// be used to write to the end of the file at path. The value is
+// meaningless if IsDir returns true.
+func (fi FileInfoInternal) Size() int64 {
+	return fi.FileInfoFields.Size
+}
+
+// ModTime returns the modification time for the file. For backends that
+// don't have a modification time, the creation time should be returned.
+func (fi FileInfoInternal) ModTime() time.Time {
+	return fi.FileInfoFields.ModTime
+}
+
+// IsDir returns true if the path is a directory.
+func (fi FileInfoInternal) IsDir() bool {
+	return fi.FileInfoFields.IsDir
+}
diff --git a/storagedriver/storagedriver.go b/storagedriver/storagedriver.go
index d257e4b2..754c8bb6 100644
--- a/storagedriver/storagedriver.go
+++ b/storagedriver/storagedriver.go
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ type StorageDriver interface {
 	// The offset must be no larger than the CurrentSize for this path.
 	WriteStream(path string, offset, size int64, readCloser io.ReadCloser) error
 
-	// CurrentSize retrieves the curernt size in bytes of the object at the
-	// given path.
-	// It should be safe to read or write anywhere up to this point.
-	CurrentSize(path string) (uint64, error)
+	// Stat retrieves the FileInfo for the given path, including the current
+	// size in bytes and the creation time.
+	Stat(path string) (FileInfo, error)
 
 	// List returns a list of the objects that are direct descendants of the
 	//given path.