diff --git a/devices/devices.go b/devices/devices.go
index beb558cc..539d6f22 100644
--- a/devices/devices.go
+++ b/devices/devices.go
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ var (
 	ErrNotADeviceNode = errors.New("not a device node")
 )
 
+// Testing dependencies
+var (
+	osLstat = os.Lstat
+)
+
 type Device struct {
 	Type              rune        `json:"type,omitempty"`
 	Path              string      `json:"path,omitempty"`               // It is fine if this is an empty string in the case that you are using Wildcards
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ func (device *Device) GetCgroupAllowString() string {
 
 // Given the path to a device and it's cgroup_permissions(which cannot be easilly queried) look up the information about a linux device and return that information as a Device struct.
 func GetDevice(path, cgroupPermissions string) (*Device, error) {
-	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(path)
+	fileInfo, err := osLstat(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/devices/devices_test.go b/devices/devices_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..288c765d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devices/devices_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package devices
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetDeviceLstatFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	testError := errors.New("test error")
+
+	// Override os.Lstat to inject error.
+	osLstat = func(path string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
+		return nil, testError
+	}
+
+	_, err := GetDevice("", "")
+	if err != testError {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v, expected %v", err, testError)
+	}
+}