diff --git a/py/path/local/local.py b/py/path/local/local.py
index 57f2e2cdb..dc5230cd0 100644
--- a/py/path/local/local.py
+++ b/py/path/local/local.py
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ class LocalPath(common.FSPathBase, PlatformMixin):
             s2 = s2.lower()
         return s1 == s2
 
+    def samefile(self, other):
+        """ return True if other refers to the same stat object as self. """
+        return py.std.os.path.samefile(str(self), str(other))
+
     def open(self, mode='r'):
         """ return an opened file with the given mode. """
         return self._callex(open, self.strpath, mode)
diff --git a/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py b/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py
index 99cc733e3..fe697134f 100644
--- a/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py
+++ b/py/path/local/testing/test_local.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class LocalSetup:
 
 class TestLocalPath(LocalSetup, CommonFSTests):
 
+    def test_samefile(self):
+        assert self.tmpdir.samefile(self.tmpdir)
+        p = self.tmpdir.ensure("hello")
+        assert p.samefile(p) 
+
     def test_join_normpath(self):
         assert self.tmpdir.join(".") == self.tmpdir
         p = self.tmpdir.join("../%s" % self.tmpdir.basename)