diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/poll.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/poll.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..462ff2f5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/poll.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2002, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+
+int
+poll(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t numfds, int timeout)
+{
+	return sys_poll(fds, numfds, timeout * 1000LL);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/select.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/select.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c584a7cfb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/sys/select.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2002, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+
+int 
+pselect(int numBits, struct fd_set *readBits, struct fd_set *writeBits,
+	struct fd_set *errorBits, const struct timespec *tv, const sigset_t *sigMask)
+{
+	bigtime_t timeout = -1LL;
+	if (tv)
+		timeout = tv->tv_sec * 1000000LL + tv->tv_nsec / 1000LL;
+
+	return sys_select(numBits, readBits, writeBits, errorBits, timeout, sigMask);
+}
+
+
+int 
+select(int numBits, struct fd_set *readBits, struct fd_set *writeBits,
+	struct fd_set *errorBits, struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	bigtime_t timeout = -1LL;
+	if (tv)
+		timeout = tv->tv_sec * 1000000LL + tv->tv_usec;
+
+	return sys_select(numBits, readBits, writeBits, errorBits, timeout, NULL);
+}
+