diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
index 1da679c4..adaf43a3 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "fs/VFS.h"
+#include "Log.h"
+#include <luna/PathParser.h>
 
 namespace VFS
 {
@@ -6,6 +8,31 @@ namespace VFS
 
     Inode& root_inode()
     {
-        return root_fs->root_inode();
+        return *root_fs->root_inode();
+    }
+
+    Result<SharedPtr<Inode>> resolve_path(const char* path)
+    {
+        auto parser = TRY(PathParser::create(path));
+
+        kdbgln("vfs: trying to resolve path %s", path);
+
+        SharedPtr<Inode> current_inode;
+
+        if (parser.is_absolute()) { current_inode = root_fs->root_inode(); }
+        else
+        {
+            kwarnln("vfs: cannot resolve path '%s', as relative paths are not supported yet", path);
+            return err(ENOTSUP);
+        }
+
+        const char* section;
+        while (parser.next().try_set_value(section))
+        {
+            kdbgln("vfs: searching for entry '%s' in inode %zu", section, current_inode->inode_number());
+            current_inode = TRY(current_inode->find(section));
+        }
+
+        return current_inode;
     }
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.h b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.h
index ea065ddb..cc8e0f8c 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/VFS.h
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/VFS.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace VFS
     class FileSystem
     {
       public:
-        virtual Inode& root_inode() const = 0;
+        virtual SharedPtr<Inode> root_inode() const = 0;
 
         virtual Result<SharedPtr<Inode>> create_file_inode() = 0;
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace VFS
 
     extern SharedPtr<FileSystem> root_fs;
 
-    Result<Inode*> resolve_path(const char* path);
+    Result<SharedPtr<Inode>> resolve_path(const char* path);
 
     Inode& root_inode();
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.h b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.h
index 6212daea..2959790a 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.h
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.h
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ namespace TmpFS
     class FileSystem : public VFS::FileSystem
     {
       public:
-        VFS::Inode& root_inode() const override
+        SharedPtr<VFS::Inode> root_inode() const override
         {
-            return *m_root_inode;
+            return m_root_inode;
         }
 
         Result<SharedPtr<VFS::Inode>> create_file_inode() override;
diff --git a/kernel/src/main.cpp b/kernel/src/main.cpp
index b015f611..739cfb72 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/main.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ static Result<void> try_init_vfs()
 
     kinfoln("etc inode's 'passwd' entry inode number: %zu", TRY(etc.find("passwd"))->inode_number());
 
+    auto& passwd = *TRY(VFS::resolve_path("/etc/passwd"));
+
+    kinfoln("/etc/passwd's inode number: %zu", passwd.inode_number());
+
     return {};
 }