diff --git a/include/fcntl.h b/include/fcntl.h
index 2980d47b..84415bcf 100644
--- a/include/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/fcntl.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define F_GETFL 3
 #define F_SETFL 4
 
+#define creat(file_name, mode) open (file_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode)
 int dup (int old);
 int dup2 (int old, int new);
 int fcntl (int filedes, int command, ...);
diff --git a/include/linux/x86/syscall.h b/include/linux/x86/syscall.h
index 620a8b7d..e8de351a 100644
--- a/include/linux/x86/syscall.h
+++ b/include/linux/x86/syscall.h
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@
 // tar
 #define SYS_symlink   0x53
 #define SYS_readlink  0x55
+#define SYS_mknod     0x0e
 
 #endif // __MES_LINUX_X86_SYSCALL_H
diff --git a/include/linux/x86_64/syscall.h b/include/linux/x86_64/syscall.h
index 66022289..527b5ec6 100644
--- a/include/linux/x86_64/syscall.h
+++ b/include/linux/x86_64/syscall.h
@@ -83,5 +83,6 @@
 // tar
 #define SYS_symlink   0x58
 #define SYS_readlink  0x59
+#define SYS_mknod     0x85
 
 #endif // __MES_LINUX_X86_64_SYSCALL_H
diff --git a/include/sys/stat.h b/include/sys/stat.h
index 484cc992..a9a14d5c 100644
--- a/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct stat
 
 int chmod (char const *file_name, mode_t mode);
 int mkdir (char const *file_name, mode_t mode);
+int mknod (char const *file_name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev);
 int chown (char const *file_name, uid_t owner, gid_t group);
 int rmdir (char const *file_name);
 int stat (char const *file_name, struct stat *buf);
diff --git a/lib/linux/gnu.c b/lib/linux/gnu.c
index 1e9553e3..5c77bc66 100644
--- a/lib/linux/gnu.c
+++ b/lib/linux/gnu.c
@@ -210,3 +210,9 @@ readlink (char const *file_name, char *buffer, size_t size)
 {
   return _sys_call3 (SYS_readlink, (long)file_name, (long)buffer, (long)size);
 }
+
+int
+mknod (char const *file_name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+  return _sys_call3 (SYS_mknod, (long)file_name, (long)mode, (long)dev);
+}