diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/unix/at_wasip1.go b/src/internal/syscall/unix/at_wasip1.go
index 5cce1030f10..888b1567411 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/unix/at_wasip1.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/unix/at_wasip1.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ const (
 	UTIME_OMIT = -0x2
 )
 
+func Openat(dirfd int, path string, flags int, perm uint32) (int, error) {
+	return syscall.Openat(dirfd, path, flags, perm)
+}
+
 func Readlinkat(dirfd int, path string, buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	var nwritten size
 	errno := path_readlink(
diff --git a/src/syscall/fs_wasip1.go b/src/syscall/fs_wasip1.go
index c249891dd21..da36d8f5b84 100644
--- a/src/syscall/fs_wasip1.go
+++ b/src/syscall/fs_wasip1.go
@@ -520,7 +520,14 @@ func Open(path string, openmode int, perm uint32) (int, error) {
 		return -1, EINVAL
 	}
 	dirFd, pathPtr, pathLen := preparePath(path)
+	return openat(dirFd, pathPtr, pathLen, openmode, perm)
+}
 
+func Openat(dirFd int, path string, openmode int, perm uint32) (int, error) {
+	return openat(int32(dirFd), stringPointer(path), size(len(path)), openmode, perm)
+}
+
+func openat(dirFd int32, pathPtr unsafe.Pointer, pathLen size, openmode int, perm uint32) (int, error) {
 	var oflags oflags
 	if (openmode & O_CREATE) != 0 {
 		oflags |= OFLAG_CREATE
@@ -558,10 +565,15 @@ func Open(path string, openmode int, perm uint32) (int, error) {
 		fdflags |= FDFLAG_SYNC
 	}
 
+	var lflags lookupflags
+	if openmode&O_NOFOLLOW == 0 {
+		lflags = LOOKUP_SYMLINK_FOLLOW
+	}
+
 	var fd int32
 	errno := path_open(
 		dirFd,
-		LOOKUP_SYMLINK_FOLLOW,
+		lflags,
 		pathPtr,
 		pathLen,
 		oflags,
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_wasip1.go b/src/syscall/syscall_wasip1.go
index b98f99745f2..a1257779333 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_wasip1.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_wasip1.go
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ const (
 	O_EXCL      = 0200
 	O_SYNC      = 010000
 	O_DIRECTORY = 020000
+	O_NOFOLLOW  = 0400
 
 	O_CLOEXEC = 0
 )