1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/summainlib.py b/summainlib.py
index 8c3603c..8219df6 100644
--- a/summainlib.py
+++ b/summainlib.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import pwd
 import stat
 import time
 import urllib
+import errno
 
 import _summain
 
@@ -281,6 +282,9 @@ class FilesystemObject(object):
     def get_xattrs(self, filename): # pragma: no cover
         ret = _summain.llistxattr(filename)
         if type(ret) is int:
+            # Some file types don't support xattr, e.g. named pipes on FreeBSD:
+            if ret == errno.EOPNOTSUPP:
+                return {}
             raise OSError((ret, os.strerror(ret), filename))
 
         names = [s for s in ret.split('\0') if s]