diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c93c2d1793b1be563d31caa64c0d016ec3176f8..30582c1c9baad28127bf4823f224e0f0472d6ebc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ### Fixed
 - Using `unlink` now fails if it is a directory unless the `AT_REMOVEDIR` flag is used (POSIX compliance) ([!139](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/139)).
 - fchdir generate a SIGSEV in debug mode (due to log) ([!141](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/141))
+- Fix fstatat to be able to understand `AT_EMPTY_PATH` flag used in coreutils (`cat` ...) ([!149](https://storage.bsc.es/gitlab/hpc/gekkofs/-/merge_requests/149)).
+
 ## [0.9.1] - 2022-04-29
 
 ### New
diff --git a/include/client/preload_context.hpp b/include/client/preload_context.hpp
index bfdaacadf7d74814ade69e2873271950b85c00d5..26875435b3f1546b9dd455160d845811ade38166 100644
--- a/include/client/preload_context.hpp
+++ b/include/client/preload_context.hpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public:
 
     RelativizeStatus
     relativize_fd_path(int dirfd, const char* raw_path,
-                       std::string& relative_path,
+                       std::string& relative_path, int flags = 0,
                        bool resolve_last_link = true) const;
 
     bool
diff --git a/src/client/hooks.cpp b/src/client/hooks.cpp
index 5917b80a7b6813bdba5b8602881f15b6c9068856..a476c2dce299d0897b3afcd6fd5a24be2455590a 100644
--- a/src/client/hooks.cpp
+++ b/src/client/hooks.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ hook_fstatat(int dirfd, const char* cpath, struct stat* buf, int flags) {
         __func__, cpath, dirfd, fmt::ptr(buf), flags);
 
     std::string resolved;
-    auto rstatus = CTX->relativize_fd_path(dirfd, cpath, resolved);
+    auto rstatus = CTX->relativize_fd_path(dirfd, cpath, resolved, flags);
     switch(rstatus) {
         case gkfs::preload::RelativizeStatus::fd_unknown:
             return syscall_no_intercept_wrapper(SYS_newfstatat, dirfd, cpath,
diff --git a/src/client/preload_context.cpp b/src/client/preload_context.cpp
index 9a1f9f27dde268ad907421df3ef38e2804969957..03284be042455ae063a0ad513a5f4b3e16e03e5f 100644
--- a/src/client/preload_context.cpp
+++ b/src/client/preload_context.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ PreloadContext::auto_sm(bool auto_sm) {
 
 RelativizeStatus
 PreloadContext::relativize_fd_path(int dirfd, const char* raw_path,
-                                   std::string& relative_path,
+                                   std::string& relative_path, int flags,
                                    bool resolve_last_link) const {
 
     // Relativize path should be called only after the library constructor has
@@ -207,6 +207,13 @@ PreloadContext::relativize_fd_path(int dirfd, const char* raw_path,
         } else {
             if(!ofm_->exist(dirfd)) {
                 return RelativizeStatus::fd_unknown;
+            } else {
+                // check if we have the AT_EMPTY_PATH flag
+                // for fstatat.
+                if(flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
+                    relative_path = ofm_->get(dirfd)->path();
+                    return RelativizeStatus::internal;
+                }
             }
             // path is relative to fd
             auto dir = ofm_->get_dir(dirfd);