diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/port/path.cpp b/tdutils/td/utils/port/path.cpp
index 1c25c82d..9cd431cf 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/port/path.cpp
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/port/path.cpp
@@ -231,14 +231,21 @@ Status rename(CSlice from, CSlice to) {
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
-Result<string> realpath(CSlice slice, bool /*ignore_access_denied*/) {
+Result<string> realpath(CSlice slice, bool ignore_access_denied) {
   wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH + 1];
   TRY_RESULT(wslice, to_wstring(slice));
   auto status = GetFullPathNameW(wslice.c_str(), MAX_PATH, buf, nullptr);
+  string res;
   if (status == 0) {
-    return OS_ERROR(PSLICE() << "GetFullPathNameW failed for \"" << slice << '"');
+    if (ignore_access_denied && errno == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
+      res = slice.str();
+    } else {
+      return OS_ERROR(PSLICE() << "GetFullPathNameW failed for \"" << slice << '"');
+    }
+  } else {
+    TRY_RESULT(t_res, from_wstring(buf));
+    res = std::move(t_res);
   }
-  TRY_RESULT(res, from_wstring(buf));
   if (res.empty()) {
     return Status::Error("Empty path");
   }