diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 955f9c7..453fbd2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ the dependencies. The following list will be kept up to date whenever we encount
 - **UPath().glob()** fsspec fixed its glob behavior when handling `**` patterns in versions `fsspec>=2023.9.0`
 - **GCSPath().mkdir()** a few mkdir quirks are solved by installing `gcsfs>=2022.7.1`
 - **fsspec.filesystem(WebdavPath().protocol)** the webdav protocol was added to fsspec in version `fsspec>=2022.5.0`
+- **stat.S_ISDIR(HTTPPath().stat().st_mode)** requires `fsspec>=2024.2.0` to correctly return `True` for directories
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/upath/_stat.py b/upath/_stat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a6ec78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upath/_stat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import warnings
+from datetime import datetime
+from stat import S_IFDIR
+from stat import S_IFLNK
+from stat import S_IFREG
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Iterator
+from typing import Mapping
+from typing import Sequence
+
+__all__ = [
+    "UPathStatResult",
+]
+
+
+def _convert_value_to_timestamp(value: Any) -> int | float:
+    """Try to convert a datetime-like value to a timestamp."""
+    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+        return value
+    elif isinstance(value, str):
+        if value.endswith("Z"):
+            value = value[:-1] + "+00:00"
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(value).timestamp()
+    elif isinstance(value, datetime):
+        return value.timestamp()
+    else:
+        warnings.warn(
+            f"Cannot convert {value!r} of type {type(value)!r} to a timestamp."
+            " Please report this at: https://github.com/fsspec/universal_path/issues",
+            RuntimeWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        raise TypeError(f"Cannot convert {value!r} to a timestamp.")
+
+
+def _get_stat_result_extra_fields() -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    """retrieve the extra fields of the os.stat_result class."""
+    # Note:
+    #  The lines below let us provide a dictionary with the additional
+    #  named fields of the stat_result class as keys and the internal
+    #  index of the field as value.
+    sr = os.stat_result(range(os.stat_result.n_fields))
+    _, (_, extra) = sr.__reduce__()
+    extra_fields = sorted(extra, key=extra.__getitem__)
+    return tuple(extra_fields)
+
+
+class UPathStatResult:
+    """A stat_result compatible class wrapping fsspec info dicts.
+
+    **Note**: It is unlikely that you will ever have to instantiate
+      this class directly. If you want to convert and info dict,
+      use: `UPathStatResult.from_info(info)`
+
+    This object may be accessed either as a tuple of
+      (mode, ino, dev, nlink, uid, gid, size, atime, mtime, ctime)
+    or via the attributes st_mode, st_ino, st_dev, st_nlink, st_uid, and so on.
+
+    There's an additional method `as_info()` for accessing the info dict.
+    This is useful to access additional information provided by the file system
+    implementation, that's not covered by the stat_result tuple.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("_seq", "_info")
+    # Note:
+    #   can't derive from os.stat_result at all, and can't derive from
+    #   tuple and have slots. So we duck type the os.stat_result class
+
+    # Add the fields and "extra fields" of the os.stat_result class
+    _fields = (
+        "st_mode",
+        "st_ino",
+        "st_dev",
+        "st_nlink",
+        "st_uid",
+        "st_gid",
+        "st_size",
+        "st_atime",
+        "st_mtime",
+        "st_ctime",
+    )
+    _fields_extra = _get_stat_result_extra_fields()
+
+    # Provide the n_ attributes of the os.stat_result class for compatibility
+    n_sequence_fields = len(_fields)
+    n_fields = len(_fields) + len(_fields_extra)
+    n_unnamed_fields = len(set(_fields_extra).intersection(_fields))
+
+    if (
+        n_fields != os.stat_result.n_fields
+        or n_sequence_fields != os.stat_result.n_sequence_fields
+        or n_unnamed_fields != os.stat_result.n_unnamed_fields
+    ):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "UPathStatResult: The assumed number of fields in the"
+            " stat_result class is not correct. Got: "
+            f" {_fields!r}, {_fields_extra!r}, {os.stat_result.n_fields}"
+            " This might cause problems? Please report this issue at:"
+            " https://github.com/fsspec/universal_path/issues",
+            RuntimeWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        stat_result_seq: Sequence[int],
+        info_dict: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """init compatible with os.stat_result
+
+        Use `UPathStatResult.from_info(info)` to instantiate from a fsspec info.
+        """
+        seq = tuple(stat_result_seq)
+        if n := len(seq) < self.n_sequence_fields:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"{self.__name__} takes at least {self.n_fields}-sequence"
+                " ({n}-sequence given)"
+            )
+        elif n > self.n_fields:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"{self.__name__} takes at most {self.n_fields}-sequence"
+                " ({n}-sequence given)"
+            )
+        elif self.n_sequence_fields <= n < self.n_sequence_fields:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "UPathStatResult: The seq provided more than"
+                f" {self.n_sequence_fields} items. Ignoring the extra items...",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+        self._seq = seq[: self.n_sequence_fields]
+        self._info = info_dict or {}
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        cls_name = type(self).__name__
+        seq_attrs = ", ".join(map("{0[0]}={0[1]}".format, zip(self._fields, self)))
+        return f"{cls_name}({seq_attrs}, info={self._info!r})"
+
+    # --- access to the fsspec info dict ------------------------------
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_info(cls, info: Mapping[str, Any]) -> UPathStatResult:
+        """Create a UPathStatResult from a fsspec info dict."""
+        # fill all the fallback default values with 0
+        defaults = [0] * cls.n_sequence_fields
+        return cls(defaults, info)
+
+    def as_info(self) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+        """Return the fsspec info dict."""
+        return self._info
+
+    # --- guaranteed fields -------------------------------------------
+
+    @property
+    def st_mode(self) -> int:
+        """protection bits"""
+        mode = self._info.get("mode")
+        if isinstance(mode, int):
+            return mode
+        elif isinstance(mode, str):
+            try:
+                return int(mode, 8)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+
+        type_ = self._info.get("type")
+        if type_ == "file":
+            return S_IFREG  # see: stat.S_ISREG
+        elif type_ == "directory":
+            return S_IFDIR  # see: stat.S_ISDIR
+
+        if self._info.get("isLink"):
+            return S_IFLNK  # see: stat.S_ISLNK
+
+        return self._seq[0]
+
+    @property
+    def st_ino(self) -> int:
+        """inode"""
+        ino = self._info.get("ino")
+        if isinstance(ino, int):
+            return ino
+        return self._seq[1]
+
+    @property
+    def st_dev(self) -> int:
+        """device"""
+        dev = self._info.get("dev")
+        if isinstance(dev, int):
+            return dev
+        return self._seq[2]
+
+    @property
+    def st_nlink(self) -> int:
+        """number of hard links"""
+        nlink = self._info.get("nlink")
+        if isinstance(nlink, int):
+            return nlink
+        return self._seq[3]
+
+    @property
+    def st_uid(self) -> int:
+        """user ID of owner"""
+        for key in ["uid", "owner", "uname", "unix.owner"]:
+            try:
+                return int(self._info[key])
+            except (ValueError, TypeError, KeyError):
+                pass
+        return self._seq[4]
+
+    @property
+    def st_gid(self) -> int:
+        """group ID of owner"""
+        for key in ["gid", "group", "gname", "unix.group"]:
+            try:
+                return int(self._info[key])
+            except (ValueError, TypeError, KeyError):
+                pass
+        return self._seq[5]
+
+    @property
+    def st_size(self) -> int:
+        """total size, in bytes"""
+        try:
+            return int(self._info["size"])
+        except (ValueError, TypeError, KeyError):
+            return self._seq[6]
+
+    @property
+    def st_atime(self) -> int | float:
+        """time of last access"""
+        for key in ["atime", "time", "last_accessed", "accessTime"]:
+            try:
+                raw_value = self._info[key]
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+            try:
+                return _convert_value_to_timestamp(raw_value)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+        return self._seq[7]
+
+    @property
+    def st_mtime(self) -> int | float:
+        """time of last modification"""
+        for key in [
+            "mtime",
+            "LastModified",
+            "last_modified",
+            "timeModified",
+            "modificationTime",
+            "modified_at",
+        ]:
+            try:
+                raw_value = self._info[key]
+            except KeyError:
+                continue
+            try:
+                return _convert_value_to_timestamp(raw_value)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+        return self._seq[8]
+
+    @property
+    def st_ctime(self) -> int | float:
+        """time of last change"""
+        try:
+            raw_value = self._info["ctime"]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            try:
+                return _convert_value_to_timestamp(raw_value)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+        return self._seq[9]
+
+    # --- extra fields ------------------------------------------------
+
+    def __getattr__(self, item):
+        if item in self._fields_extra:
+            return 0  # fallback default value
+        raise AttributeError(item)
+
+    if "st_birthtime" in _fields_extra:
+
+        @property
+        def st_birthtime(self) -> int | float:
+            """time of creation"""
+            for key in ["created", "creation_time", "timeCreated", "created_at"]:
+                try:
+                    raw_value = self._info[key]
+                except KeyError:
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    return _convert_value_to_timestamp(raw_value)
+                except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                    pass
+            return 0
+
+    # --- os.stat_result tuple interface ------------------------------
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._fields)
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[int]:
+        """the sequence interface iterates over the guaranteed fields.
+
+        All values are integers.
+        """
+        for field in self._fields:
+            yield int(getattr(self, field))
+
+    def index(self, value: int, start: int = 0, stop: int = None, /) -> int:
+        """the sequence interface index method."""
+        if stop is None:
+            stop = len(self._seq)
+        return self._seq.index(value, start, stop)
+
+    def count(self, value: int) -> int:
+        """the sequence interface count method."""
+        return self._seq.count(value)
+
+    # --- compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface ------------
+
+    def __getitem__(self, item: int | str) -> Any:
+        if isinstance(item, str):
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info()[key]`",
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+            return self._info[item]
+        # we need to go via the attributes and cast to int
+        attr = self._fields[item]
+        return int(getattr(self, attr))
+
+    def keys(self):
+        """compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info().keys()`",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self._info.keys()
+
+    def values(self):
+        """compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info().values()`",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self._info.values()
+
+    def items(self):
+        """compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info().items()`",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self._info.items()
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        """compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info().get(key, default)`",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self._info.get(key, default)
+
+    def copy(self):
+        """compatibility with the fsspec info dict interface."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Access the fsspec info via `.as_info().copy()`",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self._info.copy()
diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index dd3032e..be5b3ab 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from upath._compat import str_remove_suffix
 from upath._flavour import FSSpecFlavour
 from upath._protocol import get_upath_protocol
+from upath._stat import UPathStatResult
 from upath.registry import get_upath_class
 
 __all__ = ["UPath"]
@@ -587,8 +588,15 @@ def is_relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated):
 
     # === pathlib.Path ================================================
 
-    def stat(self, *, follow_symlinks=True):
-        return self.fs.stat(self.path)
+    def stat(self, *, follow_symlinks=True) -> UPathStatResult:
+        if not follow_symlinks:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "UPath.stat(follow_symlinks=False): follow_symlinks=False is"
+                " currently ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+        return UPathStatResult.from_info(self.fs.stat(self.path))
 
     def lstat(self):
         # return self.stat(follow_symlinks=False)
diff --git a/upath/implementations/http.py b/upath/implementations/http.py
index 0d0dc21..425bca0 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/http.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/http.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import warnings
 from itertools import chain
 
 from fsspec.asyn import sync
 
 from upath._compat import FSSpecAccessorShim as _FSSpecAccessorShim
 from upath._flavour import FSSpecFlavour as _FSSpecFlavour
+from upath._stat import UPathStatResult
 from upath.core import UPath
 
 __all__ = ["HTTPPath"]
@@ -50,6 +52,19 @@ def is_dir(self):
         else:
             return True
 
+    def stat(self, follow_symlinks: bool = True):
+        if not follow_symlinks:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "HTTPPath.stat(follow_symlinks=False): follow_symlinks=False is"
+                " currently ignored.",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+        info = self.fs.info(self.path)
+        if "url" in info:
+            info["type"] = "directory" if info["url"].endswith("/") else "file"
+        return UPathStatResult.from_info(info)
+
     def iterdir(self):
         it = iter(super().iterdir())
         try:
diff --git a/upath/tests/cases.py b/upath/tests/cases.py
index bed4212..f08a52e 100644
--- a/upath/tests/cases.py
+++ b/upath/tests/cases.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import os
 import pickle
 import re
+import stat
 import sys
+import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@
 from packaging.version import Version
 
 from upath import UPath
+from upath._stat import UPathStatResult
 
 
 class BaseTests:
@@ -26,7 +30,28 @@ def test_home(self):
 
     def test_stat(self):
         stat = self.path.stat()
-        assert stat
+        assert isinstance(stat, UPathStatResult)
+        assert len(tuple(stat)) == os.stat_result.n_sequence_fields
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error")
+
+            for idx in range(os.stat_result.n_sequence_fields):
+                assert isinstance(stat[idx], int)
+            for attr in UPathStatResult._fields + UPathStatResult._fields_extra:
+                assert hasattr(stat, attr)
+
+    def test_stat_dir_st_mode(self):
+        base = self.path.stat()  # base folder
+        assert stat.S_ISDIR(base.st_mode)
+
+    def test_stat_file_st_mode(self):
+        file1 = self.path.joinpath("file1.txt").stat()
+        assert stat.S_ISREG(file1.st_mode)
+
+    def test_stat_st_size(self):
+        file1 = self.path.joinpath("file1.txt").stat()
+        assert file1.st_size == 11
 
     def test_chmod(self):
         with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
index c9b2797..7541780 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from ..cases import BaseTests
 from ..utils import skip_on_windows
 from ..utils import xfail_if_no_ssl_connection
+from ..utils import xfail_if_version
 
 try:
     get_filesystem_class("http")
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ def test_rename2(self):
         with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
             return super().test_rename()
 
+    @xfail_if_version("fsspec", lt="2024.2.0", reason="requires fsspec>=2024.2.0")
+    def test_stat_dir_st_mode(self):
+        super().test_stat_dir_st_mode()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "args,parts",