diff --git a/lib/resources/file.rb b/lib/resources/file.rb
index e1297ecfc..62e9e8a62 100644
--- a/lib/resources/file.rb
+++ b/lib/resources/file.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # author: Christoph Hartmann
 # license: All rights reserved
 
+require 'shellwords'
+
 module Inspec::Resources
   class FileResource < Inspec.resource(1) # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
     name 'file'
@@ -89,6 +91,20 @@ module Inspec::Resources
       end
     end
 
+    # TODO: This is temporary and must be moved to train
+    def uid
+      res = inspec.command('stat '+Shellwords.escape(@path)+' -c %u')
+      return nil if res.exit_status != 0 || res.stdout.empty?
+      res.stdout.to_i
+    end
+
+    # TODO: This is temporary and must be moved to train
+    def gid
+      res = inspec.command('stat '+Shellwords.escape(@path)+' -c %u')
+      return nil if res.exit_status != 0 || res.stdout.empty?
+      res.stdout.to_i
+    end
+
     def to_s
       "File #{path}"
     end