diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
index a9f0001493..a33d05df74 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/Jamfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_unistd.o :
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>lseek.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>mount.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>open.c
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>pipe.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>read.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>sleep.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>terminal.c
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/pipe.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/pipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51516f47ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/unistd/pipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2003, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <OS.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+
+int
+pipe(int streams[2])
+{
+	// ToDo: if the thread manages to call this function during the
+	//	the same microsecond twice, we're doomed :)
+	char pipeName[64];
+	sprintf(pipeName, "/pipe/%lx-%Ld\n", find_thread(NULL), system_time());
+
+	streams[0] = open(pipeName, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, 0777);
+	if (streams[0] < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	streams[1] = open(pipeName, O_WRONLY);
+	if (streams[1] < 0) {
+		close(streams[0]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+