diff --git a/libsrc/common/Makefile b/libsrc/common/Makefile
index 273dec7dc..1de5b9a93 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/Makefile
+++ b/libsrc/common/Makefile
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ S_OBJS = 	_fdesc.o 	\
                 time.o          \
 		tolower.o	\
 		toupper.o	\
+                unlink.o        \
 		vfprintf.o	\
 		vprintf.o       \
 		vsprintf.o	\
diff --git a/libsrc/common/unlink.s b/libsrc/common/unlink.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b21086821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/common/unlink.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+;
+; Ullrich von Bassewitz, 2003-06-12
+;
+; int __fastcall__ unlink (const char* name);
+;
+
+        .export         _unlink
+        .import         _remove
+
+; unlink is just an alias for remove
+
+        _unlink = _remove
+