diff --git a/build-aux/configure-lib.sh b/build-aux/configure-lib.sh
index 3b6a9a6f..6575c809 100644
--- a/build-aux/configure-lib.sh
+++ b/build-aux/configure-lib.sh
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ lib/linux/kill.c
 lib/linux/link.c
 lib/linux/lstat.c
 lib/linux/mkdir.c
+lib/linux/mknod.c
 lib/linux/nanosleep.c
 lib/linux/pipe.c
 lib/linux/readlink.c
diff --git a/include/fcntl.h b/include/fcntl.h
index 148d5ea6..f29d56ac 100644
--- a/include/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/fcntl.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #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 10c3f31b..36ef06bc 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 6db24496..891f31c8 100644
--- a/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct stat
 int chmod (char const *file_name, mode_t mode);
 int fstat (int filedes, struct stat *buf);
 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/mknod.c b/lib/linux/mknod.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8339f7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/linux/mknod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -*-comment-start: "//";comment-end:""-*-
+ * GNU Mes --- Maxwell Equations of Software
+ * Copyright © 2018,2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Mes.
+ *
+ * GNU Mes is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GNU Mes is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GNU Mes.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/syscall.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+int
+mknod (char const *file_name, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+  return _sys_call3 (SYS_mknod, (long) file_name, (long) mode, (long) dev);
+}