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diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 29a70447e..61df6c4f8 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ struct stat stat(const Path & path);
struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
/**
+ * `lstat` the given path if it exists.
+ * @return std::nullopt if the path doesn't exist, or an optional containing the result of `lstat` otherwise
+ */
+std::optional<struct stat> maybeLstat(const Path & path);
+
+/**
* @return true iff the given path exists.
*/
bool pathExists(const Path & path);