diff --git a/src/lib/libsyscall.js b/src/lib/libsyscall.js
index 1e1976cf41875..4853b70861623 100644
--- a/src/lib/libsyscall.js
+++ b/src/lib/libsyscall.js
@@ -930,14 +930,15 @@ var SyscallsLibrary = {
   __syscall_faccessat: (dirfd, path, amode, flags) => {
     path = SYSCALLS.getStr(path);
 #if ASSERTIONS
-    assert(!flags || flags == {{{ cDefs.AT_EACCESS }}});
+    assert(!(flags & ~({{{ cDefs.AT_EACCESS }}} | {{{ cDefs.AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW }}})));
 #endif
     path = SYSCALLS.calculateAt(dirfd, path);
     if (amode & ~{{{ cDefs.S_IRWXO }}}) {
       // need a valid mode
       return -{{{ cDefs.EINVAL }}};
     }
-    var lookup = FS.lookupPath(path, { follow: true });
+    var nofollow = !!(flags & {{{ cDefs.AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW }}});
+    var lookup = FS.lookupPath(path, { follow: !nofollow });
     var node = lookup.node;
     if (!node) {
       return -{{{ cDefs.ENOENT }}};
diff --git a/test/unistd/access.c b/test/unistd/access.c
index 491a106dea83d..3b0d9c6219ed5 100644
--- a/test/unistd/access.c
+++ b/test/unistd/access.c
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ void test_lchmod() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void test_symlink_nofollow() {
+#if defined(MEMFS)
+  FILE* f = fopen("target_file", "w");
+  fclose(f);
+  symlink("target_file", "test_symlink");
+  symlink("dangling_target", "dangling_symlink");
+
+  // With AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, faccessat checks the symlink itself, not the target
+  assert(faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "test_symlink", F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0);
+
+  // Dangling symlink should still be found with AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW (symlink exists)
+  assert(faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "dangling_symlink", F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0);
+
+  // Without AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, dangling symlink should fail
+  assert(faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "dangling_symlink", F_OK, 0) != 0);
+
+  // Combined flags should work
+  assert(faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "test_symlink", F_OK, AT_EACCESS | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0);
+#endif
+}
+
 void test_chmod_errors() {
   EM_ASM(
     var ex;
@@ -119,6 +140,7 @@ int main() {
   test_rename();
   test_fchmod();
   test_lchmod();
+  test_symlink_nofollow();
   test_chmod_errors();
 
   return 0;