diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
index e64598bf65..849c8121a8 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix stdlib ;
 SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix unistd ;
 SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix sys ;
 SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix math ;
+SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix time ;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ad6a4b102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SubDir OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix time ;
+
+KernelMergeObject posix_time.o :
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>time.c
+	:
+	-fPIC -DPIC
+	;
+
+MergeObjectFromObjects kernel_posix_time.o :
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>time.o
+	;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/time.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8acd00b675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2002, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+
+time_t
+time(time_t *timer)
+{
+	// ToDo: implement time()
+
+	if (timer)
+		*timer = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+