diff --git a/libc/include/stdio.h b/libc/include/stdio.h
index 0d957168..a89ec591 100644
--- a/libc/include/stdio.h
+++ b/libc/include/stdio.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef struct
         int mode;        // The buffering mode.
     } _buf;
     int _flags; // The file access mode with which the file was opened.
+    pid_t _pid; // For popen(3) files, the pid of the child process.
 } FILE;
 
 #define EOF -1
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ extern "C"
 {
 #endif
 
+    /* Flush a stream's buffers. */
     int fflush(FILE*);
 
     /* Open a file and bind a stream to it. */
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ extern "C"
     /* Move a file's location across a file system. */
     int rename(const char* oldpath, const char* newpath);
 
+    /* Pipe a stream to or from a process. */
+    FILE* popen(const char* command, const char* type);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libc/src/stdio.cpp b/libc/src/stdio.cpp
index 77fce1db..a4308457 100644
--- a/libc/src/stdio.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/stdio.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 FILE* stdin = nullptr;
@@ -761,4 +762,87 @@ extern "C"
         unlink(oldpath);
         return 0;
     }
+
+    FILE* popen(const char* command, const char* type)
+    {
+        int pfds[2];
+        if (pipe(pfds) < 0) return nullptr;
+
+        if (*type != 'r' && *type != 'w')
+        {
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        pid_t child = fork();
+        if (child < 0)
+        {
+            close(pfds[0]);
+            close(pfds[1]);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        if (child == 0)
+        {
+            if (*type == 'r')
+            {
+                close(pfds[0]);
+                dup2(pfds[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                close(pfds[1]);
+                dup2(pfds[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+            }
+
+            execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, nullptr);
+            _exit(127);
+        }
+
+        int fd;
+        if (*type == 'r')
+        {
+            close(pfds[1]);
+            fd = pfds[0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            close(pfds[0]);
+            fd = pfds[1];
+        }
+
+        int err = errno;
+        FILE* f = (FILE*)malloc(sizeof(FILE));
+        if (!f)
+        {
+            errno = err;
+            close(fd);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        f->_fd = fd;
+        f->_pid = child;
+        clearerr(f);
+
+        f->_flags = *type == 'r' ? O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY;
+        f->_buf.status = 0;
+        f->_buf.mode = _IOFBF;
+        f->_buf.size = f->_buf.index = 0;
+        f->_buf.buffer = nullptr;
+        setvbuf(f, NULL, f->_buf.mode, 0);
+
+        s_open_files[fd] = f;
+
+        return f;
+    }
+
+    int pclose(FILE* stream)
+    {
+        pid_t pid = stream->_pid;
+        fclose(stream);
+
+        int status;
+        if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) return -1;
+
+        return status;
+    }
 }