diff --git a/libsrc/common/Makefile b/libsrc/common/Makefile
index 1de5b9a93..30db5df7c 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/Makefile
+++ b/libsrc/common/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ S_OBJS = 	_fdesc.o 	\
 		atoi.o	  	\
 		calloc.o  	\
 		copydata.o	\
+                creat.o         \
                 ctime.o         \
                 divt.o          \
 		errno.o		\
diff --git a/libsrc/common/creat.s b/libsrc/common/creat.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8b81f09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/common/creat.s
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+;
+; Ullrich von Bassewitz, 2003-06-12
+;
+; int __fastcall__ creat (const char* name, unsigned mode);
+;
+
+        .export         _creat
+        .import         _open
+        .import         pushax
+
+        .include        "fcntl.inc"
+
+
+; The call
+;
+;       creat (name, mode);
+;
+; is equivalent to
+;
+;       open (name, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, mode);
+;
+
+
+.proc   _creat
+
+        pha
+        txa
+        pha                             ; Save mode
+
+        lda     #<(O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC)
+        ldx     #>(O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC)
+        jsr     pushax
+
+        pla
+        tax
+        pla
+        jsr     pushax                  ; Push mode on argument stack
+
+        ldy     #6                      ; Number of argument bytes
+        jmp     _open
+
+.endproc
+
+
+