diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
index 29d213effb..636d126078 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_unistd.o :
 	sbrk.c
 	sleep.c
 	sync.c
+	system.cpp
 	terminal.c
 	truncate.c
 	ttyname.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/system.cpp b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/system.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0731013ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/system.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Ingo Weinhold, bonefish@cs.tu-berlin.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <OS.h>
+
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+extern "C"
+int
+system(const char *command)
+{
+	if (!command)
+		return 1;
+
+	const char *argv[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", command, NULL };
+	int argc = 3;
+
+	team_id team = _kern_create_team(argv[0], argv[0], (char**)argv, argc, NULL,
+		0, B_NORMAL_PRIORITY);
+	if (team < 0) {
+		errno = team;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	status_t returnValue;
+	status_t error = _kern_wait_for_team(team, &returnValue);
+	if (error != B_OK) {
+		errno = error;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return returnValue;
+}