diff --git a/kernel/include/sys/Syscall.h b/kernel/include/sys/Syscall.h
index b5dfb2bd..594a3071 100644
--- a/kernel/include/sys/Syscall.h
+++ b/kernel/include/sys/Syscall.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "interrupts/Context.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #define SYS_exit 0
 #define SYS_yield 1
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ void sys_paint(Context* context, uint64_t x, uint64_t y, uint64_t w, uint64_t h,
 void sys_getprocid(Context* context, int field);
 void sys_mmap(Context* context, void* address, size_t size, int prot);
 void sys_munmap(Context* context, void* address, size_t size);
-void sys_open(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags);
+void sys_open(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags, mode_t mode);
 void sys_read(Context* context, int fd, size_t size, char* buffer);
 void sys_close(Context* context, int fd);
 void sys_seek(Context* context, int fd, long offset, int whence);
diff --git a/kernel/src/sys/Syscall.cpp b/kernel/src/sys/Syscall.cpp
index ac1e9a04..0773a06f 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sys/Syscall.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/sys/Syscall.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void Syscall::entry(Context* context)
     case SYS_getprocid: sys_getprocid(context, (int)context->rdi); break;
     case SYS_mmap: sys_mmap(context, (void*)context->rdi, context->rsi, (int)context->rdx); break;
     case SYS_munmap: sys_munmap(context, (void*)context->rdi, context->rsi); break;
-    case SYS_open: sys_open(context, (const char*)context->rdi, (int)context->rsi); break;
+    case SYS_open: sys_open(context, (const char*)context->rdi, (int)context->rsi, (mode_t)context->rdx); break;
     case SYS_read: sys_read(context, (int)context->rdi, context->rsi, (char*)context->rdx); break;
     case SYS_close: sys_close(context, (int)context->rdi); break;
     case SYS_seek: sys_seek(context, (int)context->rdi, (long)context->rsi, (int)context->rdx); break;
diff --git a/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp b/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
index b4ed6d44..d0cca5f6 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "sys/UserMemory.h"
 #include "thread/Scheduler.h"
 #include "thread/Task.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #define OPEN_READ 1
 #define OPEN_WRITE 2
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ void sys_write(Context* context, int fd, size_t size, const char* addr)
     return;
 }
 
-void sys_open(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags)
+void sys_open(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags, mode_t) // FIXME: mode is not used.
 {
     Task* current_task = Scheduler::current_task();
     int fd = current_task->alloc_fd();
diff --git a/libs/libc/include/fcntl.h b/libs/libc/include/fcntl.h
index 6e801bd6..0b709fa3 100644
--- a/libs/libc/include/fcntl.h
+++ b/libs/libc/include/fcntl.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 #endif
 
     /* Opens the file specified by pathname. Returns a file descriptor on success, or -1 on error. */
-    int open(const char* pathname, int flags);
+    int open(const char* pathname, int flags, ...);
 
     /* Performs an operation on the file descriptor fd determined by cmd. */
     int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, ...);
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/fcntl.cpp b/libs/libc/src/fcntl.cpp
index 1c5bb063..5c623d43 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/fcntl.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/fcntl.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 
 extern "C"
 {
-    int open(const char* pathname, int flags)
+    int open(const char* pathname, int flags, ...)
     {
-        return (int)syscall(SYS_open, pathname, flags);
+        va_list ap;
+        va_start(ap, flags);
+        long result = syscall(SYS_open, pathname, flags, va_arg(ap, unsigned int));
+        va_end(ap);
+        return (int)result;
     }
 
     int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, ...)
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/syscall.cpp b/libs/libc/src/syscall.cpp
index 9b655704..b5ae5667 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/syscall.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/syscall.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ extern "C" long syscall(long number, ...)
     case SYS_fstat:
     case SYS_stat:
     case SYS_dup2:
-    case SYS_pstat:
-    case SYS_open: {
+    case SYS_pstat: {
         arg arg0 = va_arg(ap, arg);
         arg arg1 = va_arg(ap, arg);
         result = __luna_syscall2(number, arg0, arg1);
         break;
     }
+    case SYS_open:
     case SYS_getdents:
     case SYS_fcntl:
     case SYS_seek: