diff --git a/src/itdb_itunesdb.c b/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
index eb29945..1e10937 100644
--- a/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
+++ b/src/itdb_itunesdb.c
@@ -411,10 +411,23 @@ gchar * itdb_resolve_path (const gchar *root,
 			   const gchar * const * components)
 {
   gchar *good_path = g_strdup(root);
+  gchar *absolute_path;
+  gchar *rel_path;
   guint32 i;
 
   if (!root) return NULL;
+  
+  /* stat() is really slow on the iPhone, since the iPhone FS isn't as
+   * brainded as fat32, attempt a fast path first */
+  rel_path = g_build_filenamev ((gchar **)components);
+  absolute_path = g_build_filename (root, rel_path, NULL);
+  g_free (rel_path);
+  if (g_file_test (absolute_path, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+	  return absolute_path;
+  }
+  g_free (absolute_path);
 
+  /* fast path failed, falling back to slower path */
   for(i = 0 ; components[i] ; i++) {
     GDir *cur_dir;
     gchar *component_as_filename;