diff --git a/attrs.go b/attrs.go
index 2bb2d576..2b788916 100644
--- a/attrs.go
+++ b/attrs.go
@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ func fileInfoFromStat(stat *FileStat, name string) os.FileInfo {
 	}
 }
 
+// FileInfoUidGid extends os.FileInfo and adds callbacks for Uid and Gid retrieval,
+// as an alternative to *syscall.Stat_t objects on unix systems.
+type FileInfoUidGid interface {
+	os.FileInfo
+	Uid() uint32
+	Gid() uint32
+}
+
+// FileInfoUidGid extends os.FileInfo and adds a callbacks for extended data retrieval.
+type FileInfoExtendedData interface {
+	os.FileInfo
+	Extended() []StatExtended
+}
+
 func fileStatFromInfo(fi os.FileInfo) (uint32, *FileStat) {
 	mtime := fi.ModTime().Unix()
 	atime := mtime
@@ -86,5 +100,27 @@ func fileStatFromInfo(fi os.FileInfo) (uint32, *FileStat) {
 	// os specific file stat decoding
 	fileStatFromInfoOs(fi, &flags, fileStat)
 
+	// The call above will include the sshFileXferAttrUIDGID in case
+	// the os.FileInfo can be casted to *syscall.Stat_t on unix.
+	// If implementations of RequestServers Handlers want to implement
+	// setting uids and gids while running on non-unix systems or
+	// without using *syscall.Stat_t underneath on unix, we offer
+	// an alternative way to support this through the FileInfoUidGid
+	// interface.
+	// If fi implements FileInfoUidGid, retrieve Uid, Gid from it.
+	if fiExt, ok := fi.(FileInfoUidGid); ok {
+		flags |= sshFileXferAttrUIDGID
+		fileStat.UID = fiExt.Uid()
+		fileStat.GID = fiExt.Gid()
+	}
+
+	// if fi implements FileInfoExtendedData, retrieve extended data from it
+	if fiExt, ok := fi.(FileInfoExtendedData); ok {
+		fileStat.Extended = fiExt.Extended()
+		if len(fileStat.Extended) > 0 {
+			flags |= sshFileXferAttrExtended
+		}
+	}
+
 	return flags, fileStat
 }
diff --git a/ls_formatting.go b/ls_formatting.go
index e083e22a..19271ad7 100644
--- a/ls_formatting.go
+++ b/ls_formatting.go
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ func runLs(idLookup NameLookupFileLister, dirent os.FileInfo) string {
 		uid = lsFormatID(sys.UID)
 		gid = lsFormatID(sys.GID)
 	default:
+		if fiExt, ok := dirent.(FileInfoUidGid); ok {
+			uid = lsFormatID(fiExt.Uid())
+			gid = lsFormatID(fiExt.Gid())
+
+			break
+		}
+
 		numLinks, uid, gid = lsLinksUIDGID(dirent)
 	}
 
diff --git a/packet.go b/packet.go
index d89ad997..b06d0b95 100644
--- a/packet.go
+++ b/packet.go
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ func marshalFileInfo(b []byte, fi os.FileInfo) []byte {
 		b = marshalUint32(b, fileStat.Mtime)
 	}
 
+	if flags&sshFileXferAttrExtended != 0 {
+		b = marshalUint32(b, uint32(len(fileStat.Extended)))
+
+		for _, attr := range fileStat.Extended {
+			b = marshalString(b, attr.ExtType)
+			b = marshalString(b, attr.ExtData)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return b
 }