diff --git a/lib/libc/Makefile b/lib/libc/Makefile
index 1f424c1..29a660c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # directories:
 #		gen, gno, locale, stdio, stdlib, string, sys
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 1997/02/28 05:12:39 gdr Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 1997/05/03 19:40:37 gdr Exp $
 #
 
 .INCLUDE:	../const.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ LIBC_OBJ	= \
 	gen/tty.o \
 	gen/utime.o \
 	locale/table.o \
+	stdio/fgetln.o \
 	stdio/mktemp.o \
 	stdio/perror.o \
 	stdio/tempnam.o \
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/Makefile b/lib/libc/stdio/Makefile
index c1e4cf7..2a89fc0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 1997/02/28 05:12:49 gdr Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 1997/05/03 19:40:45 gdr Exp $
 #
 
 .INCLUDE: 	../../const.mk
 
-OBJS	= mktemp.o perror.o tempnam.o
+OBJS	= fgetln.o mktemp.o perror.o tempnam.o
 
 default:	$(OBJS)
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..259efe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fgetln.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#ifdef __ORCAC__
+segment "libc_stdio";
+#endif
+
+#pragma databank 1
+#pragma optimize 0
+#pragma debug 0
+#pragma memorymodel 0
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define LINESIZE 20
+
+char *
+fgetln (FILE *stream, size_t *len)
+{
+  static char *buffer = NULL;
+  static size_t currentBufferSize = 0;
+  char *p, *q;
+
+  if (buffer == NULL) {
+    currentBufferSize = LINESIZE;
+    if ((buffer = malloc (currentBufferSize)) == NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  p = fgets(buffer, currentBufferSize, stream);
+  if (p == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  for (;;) {
+    if ((p = strchr(buffer, '\n')) != NULL) {
+      break;
+    }
+    p = buffer + strlen(buffer);
+    if ((q = realloc(buffer, currentBufferSize + LINESIZE)) == NULL) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    buffer = q;
+    currentBufferSize += LINESIZE;
+    if (fgets(p, LINESIZE, stream) == NULL) {
+      if (ferror(stream)) {
+	return NULL;
+      } else {
+	break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  *len = strlen(buffer);
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+
+#if 0	/* for testing fgetln */
+
+int 
+main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  char *p;
+  size_t len;
+
+  while ((p = fgetln(stdin, &len)) != NULL) {
+    printf("%d:%s", len, p);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif