diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index a1f0f184b0..d55359c8fd 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -253,8 +253,14 @@ class Libc::Vfs_plugin : public Libc::Plugin
 };
 
 
-int Libc::Vfs_plugin::access(const char *path, int amode) {
-	return _root_dir.leaf_path(path) ? 0 : -1; }
+int Libc::Vfs_plugin::access(const char *path, int amode)
+{
+	if (_root_dir.leaf_path(path))
+		return 0;
+
+	errno = ENOENT;
+	return -1;
+}
 
 
 Libc::File_descriptor *Libc::Vfs_plugin::open(char const *path, int flags,
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/lib/libc_noux/plugin.cc b/repos/ports/src/lib/libc_noux/plugin.cc
index bc0510910c..0913df2a64 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/lib/libc_noux/plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/lib/libc_noux/plugin.cc
@@ -567,20 +567,6 @@ extern "C" pid_t getpid(void)
 extern "C" pid_t getppid(void) { return getpid(); }
 
 
-extern "C" int access(char const *pathname, int mode)
-{
-	if (verbose)
-		PDBG("access '%s' (mode=%x) called, not implemented", pathname, mode);
-
-	struct stat stat;
-	if (::stat(pathname, &stat) == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	errno = ENOENT;
-	return -1;
-}
-
-
 extern "C" int chmod(char const *path, mode_t mode)
 {
 	if (verbose)
@@ -889,6 +875,7 @@ namespace {
 				}
 			}
 
+			bool supports_access(const char *, int)              { return true; }
 			bool supports_execve(char const *, char *const[],
 			                     char *const[])                  { return true; }
 			bool supports_open(char const *, int)                { return true; }
@@ -903,6 +890,7 @@ namespace {
 			bool supports_socket(int, int, int)                  { return true; }
 			bool supports_mmap()                                 { return true; }
 
+			int access(char const *, int);
 			Libc::File_descriptor *open(char const *, int);
 			ssize_t write(Libc::File_descriptor *, const void *, ::size_t);
 			int close(Libc::File_descriptor *);
@@ -957,6 +945,20 @@ namespace {
 	};
 
 
+	int Plugin::access(char const *pathname, int mode)
+	{
+		if (verbose)
+			PDBG("access '%s' (mode=%x) called, not implemented", pathname, mode);
+
+		struct stat stat;
+		if (::stat(pathname, &stat) == 0)
+			return 0;
+
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+
 	int Plugin::execve(char const *filename, char *const argv[],
 	                   char *const envp[])
 	{