diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/Jamfile
index ecff55749f..65d7e4882f 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/Jamfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_sys.o :
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>select.c
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>sysctl.c
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>gettimeofday.c
+ 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>wait.c
 	:
 	-fPIC -DPIC
 	;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/wait.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb62f89896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+// ToDo: properly implement wait(), waitpid(), and waitid()
+
+
+pid_t
+wait(int *_status)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "wait(): NOT IMPLEMENTED\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+pid_t
+waitpid(pid_t pid, int *_status, int options)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "waitpid(): NOT IMPLEMENTED\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+int
+waitid(idtype_t idType, id_t id, siginfo_t *info, int options)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "waitid(): NOT IMPLEMENTED\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+