diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
index d6f268cdea..f6fcf3937b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_unistd.o :
 	ioctl.c
 	link.c
 	lseek.c
+	mknod.c
 	mount.c
 	open.c
 	pipe.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/mknod.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/mknod.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6426280da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/mknod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+int
+mknod(const char *name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+	errno = B_BAD_VALUE;
+	return -1;
+}
+