diff --git a/compiler/main.v b/compiler/main.v
index c4da8d397e..b3f2a5a2a0 100644
--- a/compiler/main.v
+++ b/compiler/main.v
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ mut args := ''
 
 fn (c &V) v_files_from_dir(dir string) []string {
 	mut res := []string
-	if !os.file_exists(dir) {
+	if !os.dir_exists(dir) {
 		panic('$dir doesn\'t exist')
 	}
 	mut files := os.ls(dir)
diff --git a/os/os.v b/os/os.v
index f360ad944a..36bd727d8e 100644
--- a/os/os.v
+++ b/os/os.v
@@ -331,6 +331,18 @@ pub fn file_exists(path string) bool {
 	return res
 }
 
+pub fn dir_exists(path string) bool {
+	res := false
+	if file_exists(path) {
+		# DIR *dir = opendir(path.str);
+		# res = dir != NULL;
+		if res {
+			# closedir(dir);
+		}
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
 // `mkdir` creates a new directory with the specified path.
 pub fn mkdir(path string) {
 	$if windows {