diff --git a/libs/libc/include/stdlib.h b/libs/libc/include/stdlib.h
index ab7dd870..6a04991f 100644
--- a/libs/libc/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/libs/libc/include/stdlib.h
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ extern "C"
     /* Returns the result of dividing a by b. */
     lldiv_t lldiv(long long a, long long b);
 
+    /* Runs a shell command. */
+    int system(const char* command);
+
     void qsort(void*, size_t, size_t, int (*)(const void*, const void*)); // Not implemented.
 
     size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t* dest, const char* src,
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/stdlib.cpp b/libs/libc/src/stdlib.cpp
index fbe7a3ba..026c3fc3 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/stdlib.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/stdlib.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <luna/syscall.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 template <typename T> static T string_to_integer_type(const char* str)
@@ -117,6 +118,22 @@ extern "C"
         return common_div<long long, lldiv_t>(a, b);
     }
 
+    int system(const char* command)
+    {
+        pid_t child = fork();
+        if (child < 0) return -1;
+        if (child == 0)
+        {
+            char* argv[] = {const_cast<char*>("/bin/sh"), const_cast<char*>("-c"), const_cast<char*>(command),
+                            nullptr}; // FIXME: This is very verbose.
+            execv(argv[0], argv);
+            exit(127);
+        }
+        int status;
+        waitpid(child, &status, 0);
+        return status;
+    }
+
     void qsort(void*, size_t, size_t, int (*)(const void*, const void*))
     {
         NOT_IMPLEMENTED("qsort");