diff --git a/src/common/filefn.cpp b/src/common/filefn.cpp
index 84ebf76d34..ed9b69b1cd 100644
--- a/src/common/filefn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filefn.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,12 @@ wxFileExists (const wxString& filename)
 #else // !__WIN32__
     wxStructStat st;
 #ifndef wxNEED_WX_UNISTD_H
-    return wxStat( filename.fn_str() , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG);
+    return (wxStat( filename.fn_str() , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG))
+#ifdef __OS2__
+      || (errno == EACCES) // if access is denied something with that name
+                            // exists and is opened in exclusive mode.
+#endif
+      ;
 #else
     return wxStat( filename , &st) == 0 && (st.st_mode & S_IFREG);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/common/filename.cpp b/src/common/filename.cpp
index 451effbc3c..7be190fe44 100644
--- a/src/common/filename.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filename.cpp
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ bool wxFileName::GetTimes(wxDateTime *dtAccess,
 
         return true;
     }
-#elif defined(__UNIX_LIKE__) || defined(__WXMAC__) || (defined(__DOS__) && defined(__WATCOMC__))
+#elif defined(__UNIX_LIKE__) || defined(__WXMAC__) || defined(__OS2__) || (defined(__DOS__) && defined(__WATCOMC__))
     wxStructStat stBuf;
     if ( wxStat( GetFullPath().c_str(), &stBuf) == 0 )
     {