diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 project(kioslave-file)
 
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)
+include(CheckFunctionExists)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(kio_file_PART_SRCS file.cpp file_win.cpp )
 else()
   set(kio_file_PART_SRCS file.cpp file_unix.cpp fdreceiver.cpp )
+  check_function_exists(statx HAVE_STATX)
+  set(HAVE_STATX ${HAVE_STATX})
 endif()
 
 find_package(ACL)
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/config-kioslave-file.h.cmake b/src/ioslaves/file/config-kioslave-file.h.cmake
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/config-kioslave-file.h.cmake
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/config-kioslave-file.h.cmake
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 /* Defined if system has extended file attributes support. */
 #cmakedefine01 HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H
 
+/* Defined if the statx() system call is available */
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_STATX
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/file/file.cpp b/src/ioslaves/file/file.cpp
--- a/src/ioslaves/file/file.cpp
+++ b/src/ioslaves/file/file.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@
 #include <kdirnotify.h>
 #include <ioslave_defaults.h>
 
+#if HAVE_STATX
+// Since there's no glibc wrapper for statx() yet, we have to make the system call
+// by hand
+#include <fcntl.h> // AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW constant comes from here
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+// 332 on my system
+#define STAT(path, buf) syscall(__NR_statx,(AT_FDCWD),(path),(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW),(0),(buf))
+#else
+#define STAT(path, buf) QT_LSTAT(path, buf)
+#endif
+
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(KIO_FILE, "kf5.kio.kio_file")
 
 // Pseudo plugin class to embed meta data
@@ -264,7 +276,7 @@
 {
     const QString path(url.toLocalFile());
     QT_STATBUF statbuf;
-    if (QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(path).constData(), &statbuf) == 0) {
+    if (STAT(QFile::encodeName(path).constData(), &statbuf) == 0) {
         struct utimbuf utbuf;
         utbuf.actime = statbuf.st_atime; // access time, unchanged
         utbuf.modtime = mtime.toTime_t(); // modification time
@@ -297,7 +309,7 @@
     }
 
     QT_STATBUF buff;
-    if (QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(path).constData(), &buff) == -1) {
+    if (STAT(QFile::encodeName(path).constData(), &buff) == -1) {
         bool dirCreated = QDir().mkdir(path);
         if (!dirCreated) {
             if (auto err = execWithElevatedPrivilege(MKDIR, {path}, errno)) {
@@ -572,13 +584,13 @@
     QString dest_part(dest_orig + QLatin1String(".part"));
 
     QT_STATBUF buff_orig;
-    const bool bOrigExists = (QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(dest_orig).constData(), &buff_orig) != -1);
+    const bool bOrigExists = (STAT(QFile::encodeName(dest_orig).constData(), &buff_orig) != -1);
     bool bPartExists = false;
     const bool bMarkPartial = config()->readEntry("MarkPartial", true);
 
     if (bMarkPartial) {
         QT_STATBUF buff_part;
-        bPartExists = (QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(dest_part).constData(), &buff_part) != -1);
+        bPartExists = (STAT(QFile::encodeName(dest_part).constData(), &buff_part) != -1);
 
         if (bPartExists && !(_flags & KIO::Resume) && !(_flags & KIO::Overwrite) && buff_part.st_size > 0 && ((buff_part.st_mode & QT_STAT_MASK) == QT_STAT_REG)) {
             // qDebug() << "calling canResume with" << KIO::number(buff_part.st_size);
@@ -840,7 +852,7 @@
     mode_t access;
     QT_STATBUF buff;
 
-    if (QT_LSTAT(path.data(), &buff) == 0)  {
+    if (STAT(path.data(), &buff) == 0)  {
 
         if (details > 2) {
             entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_DEVICE_ID, buff.st_dev);
@@ -935,6 +947,13 @@
             entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_CREATION_TIME, buff.__st_birthtime);
         }
 #endif
+#ifdef stx_btime
+        /* As above, but it's called "stx_btime" in Linux kernel 4.11+
+         * where statx() is available */
+        if (buff.stx_btime > 0) {
+            entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_CREATION_TIME, buff.stx_btime);
+        }
+#endif
     }
 
     // Note: buff.st_ctime isn't the creation time !