diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/eos-list-file-version-inode.md b/changelog/unreleased/eos-list-file-version-inode.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09761a76a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/eos-list-file-version-inode.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Bugfix: Return the inode of the version folder for files when listing in EOS
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/2279
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index 582c4a63dd..f49ab0f9e6 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ func (c *Client) List(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, path st
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "eosclient: error listing fn=%s", path)
 	}
-	return c.parseFind(path, stdout)
+	return c.parseFind(ctx, auth, path, stdout)
 }
 
 // Read reads a file from the mgm
@@ -871,8 +871,9 @@ func getMap(partsBySpace []string) map[string]string {
 	return kv
 }
 
-func (c *Client) parseFind(dirPath, raw string) ([]*eosclient.FileInfo, error) {
+func (c *Client) parseFind(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, dirPath, raw string) ([]*eosclient.FileInfo, error) {
 	finfos := []*eosclient.FileInfo{}
+	versionFolders := map[string]*eosclient.FileInfo{}
 	rawLines := strings.FieldsFunc(raw, func(c rune) bool {
 		return c == '\n'
 	})
@@ -894,13 +895,30 @@ func (c *Client) parseFind(dirPath, raw string) ([]*eosclient.FileInfo, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// If it's a version folder, store it in a map, so that for the corresponding file,
+		// we can return its inode instead
+		if isVersionFolder(fi.File) {
+			versionFolders[fi.File] = fi
+		}
+
 		finfos = append(finfos, fi)
 	}
 
 	for _, fi := range finfos {
 		// For files, inherit ACLs from the parent
-		if !fi.IsDir && parent != nil {
-			fi.SysACL.Entries = append(fi.SysACL.Entries, parent.SysACL.Entries...)
+		// And set the inode to that of their version folder
+		if !fi.IsDir {
+			if parent != nil {
+				fi.SysACL.Entries = append(fi.SysACL.Entries, parent.SysACL.Entries...)
+			}
+			versionFolderPath := getVersionFolder(fi.File)
+			if vf, ok := versionFolders[versionFolderPath]; ok {
+				fi.Inode = vf.Inode
+			} else if err := c.CreateDir(ctx, auth, versionFolderPath); err == nil {
+				if md, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, versionFolderPath); err == nil {
+					fi.Inode = md.Inode
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}