diff --git a/libsrc/common/Makefile b/libsrc/common/Makefile
index bd373b158..f4cee0cc1 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/Makefile
+++ b/libsrc/common/Makefile
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ S_OBJS = 	_cwd.o          \
                 time.o          \
 		tolower.o	\
 		toupper.o	\
+                uname.o         \
                 unlink.o        \
 		vfprintf.o	\
 		vprintf.o       \
diff --git a/libsrc/common/uname.s b/libsrc/common/uname.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6fb484dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/common/uname.s
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+;
+; Ullrich von Bassewitz, 2003-08-12
+;
+; int __fastcall__ uname (struct utsname* buf);
+;
+
+        .export         _uname
+
+        .import         __sysuname
+        .import         oserrcheck
+
+
+;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.proc   _uname
+
+        jsr     __sysuname      ; Call the machine specific function
+        jmp     oserrcheck      ; Store into _oserror, set errno, return 0/-1
+
+.endproc
+
+