diff --git a/kernel-src/fs/vfs.c b/kernel-src/fs/vfs.c
index 9c5df019..19b629ce 100644
--- a/kernel-src/fs/vfs.c
+++ b/kernel-src/fs/vfs.c
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ int vfs_lookup(vnode_t **result, vnode_t *start, char *path, char *lastcomp, int
 		size_t complen = strlen(component);
 		bool islast = i + complen == pathlen;
 
+		// check if its last with trailing '/' (or '\0's in this case, as '/'s were turned into '\0's in the buffer)
+		if (!islast) {
+			int j;
+			for (j = i + complen; j < pathlen && compbuffer[j] == '\0'; ++j);
+			islast = j == pathlen;
+		}
+
 		if (islast && (flags & VFS_LOOKUP_PARENT)) {
 			strcpy(lastcomp, component);
 			break;
diff --git a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vfs.h b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vfs.h
index 54e3419b..4aed9416 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vfs.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vfs.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ int vfs_close(vnode_t *node, int flags);
 int vfs_write(vnode_t *node, void *buffer, size_t size, uintmax_t offset, size_t *written, int flags);
 int vfs_read(vnode_t *node, void *buffer, size_t size, uintmax_t offset, size_t *bytesread, int flags);
 int vfs_create(vnode_t *ref, char *path, vattr_t *attr, int type, vnode_t **node);
+int vfs_link(vnode_t *destref, char *destpath, vnode_t *linkref, char *linkpath, int type, vattr_t *attr);
+int vfs_unlink(vnode_t *ref, char *path);
 
 #define VFS_LOOKUP_PARENT 1
 #define VFS_LOOKUP_NOLINK 2