diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
index 44ec5f9ae4..9d6b4b8d01 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix time ;
 
 KernelMergeObject posix_time.o :
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>asctime.c
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>ctime.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>localtime.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>mktime.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>time.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/ctime.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/ctime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7abc31446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/ctime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+
+char *
+ctime(const time_t *_timer)
+{
+	return asctime(localtime(_timer));
+}