diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
index b3f92bc10d..ba096f2731 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_time.o :
 	difftime.c
 	localtime.c
 	mktime.c
+	stime.c
 	strftime.cpp
 	time.c
 	tzset.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/stime.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/stime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..022e06ad97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/stime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Jérôme Duval. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <OS.h>
+
+
+int
+stime(const time_t *tp)
+{
+	if (tp == NULL)
+		return B_ERROR;
+	set_real_time_clock(*tp);
+	return B_OK;
+}
+