diff --git a/lib/libfile.c b/lib/libfile.c
index 83c6399..0052e78 100644
--- a/lib/libfile.c
+++ b/lib/libfile.c
@@ -510,6 +510,24 @@
 	if (!pos)
 		return fd;
 
+	if (mode & (O_WRONLY | O_RDWR)) {
+		struct stat s;
+
+		ret = fstat(fd, &s);
+		if (ret) {
+			perror("fstat");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		if (s.st_size < pos) {
+			ret = ftruncate(fd, pos);
+			if (ret) {
+				perror("ftruncate");
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = lseek(fd, pos, SEEK_SET);
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		perror("lseek");