diff --git a/libc/Makefile b/libc/Makefile
index 5afd48a0..dbc5d54c 100644
--- a/libc/Makefile
+++ b/libc/Makefile
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ getdtablesize.o \
getegid.o \
geteuid.o \
getgid.o \
+gethostname.o \
getpagesize.o \
getpid.o \
getppid.o \
diff --git a/libc/gethostname.cpp b/libc/gethostname.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58a550ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/gethostname.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+ Copyright(C) Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 2013.
+
+ This file is part of the Sortix C Library.
+
+ The Sortix C Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ option) any later version.
+
+ The Sortix C Library 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 Lesser General Public
+ License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with the Sortix C Library. If not, see .
+
+ gethostname.cpp
+ Get the hostname.
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+extern "C" int gethostname(char* name, size_t len)
+{
+ const char* hostname = getenv("HOSTNAME");
+ if ( !hostname )
+ hostname = "sortix";
+ size_t hostname_len = strlen(hostname);
+ if ( len < hostname_len+1 )
+ return errno = ENAMETOOLONG, -1;
+ strcpy(name, hostname);
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libc/include/unistd.h b/libc/include/unistd.h
index 901f416a..80cce606 100644
--- a/libc/include/unistd.h
+++ b/libc/include/unistd.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ int fexecve(int, char* const [], char* const []);
long fpathconf(int, int);
int getgroups(int, gid_t []);
long gethostid(void);
-int gethostname(char*, size_t);
char* getlogin(void);
int getlogin_r(char*, size_t);
int getopt(int, char* const [], const char*);
@@ -170,6 +169,7 @@ char* getcwd(char*, size_t);
char* get_current_dir_name(void);
gid_t getegid(void);
uid_t geteuid(void);
+int gethostname(char*, size_t);
pid_t getpid(void);
pid_t getppid(void);
uid_t getuid(void);