diff --git a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
index 243bc9fbc2b4..1f8e5b4035d5 100644
--- a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.30 1996/01/30 20:05:33 mycroft Exp $	 */
+/*	$NetBSD: svr4_misc.c,v 1.31 1996/02/02 01:17:24 christos Exp $	 */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1994 Christos Zoulas
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ static void bsd_statfs_to_svr4_statvfs __P((const struct statfs *,
 					    struct svr4_statvfs *));
 static struct proc *svr4_pfind __P((pid_t pid));
 
+static int svr4_mknod __P((struct proc *, register_t *, char *,
+			   svr4_dev_t, svr4_mode_t));
+
 int
 svr4_sys_wait(p, v, retval)
 	register struct proc *p;
@@ -360,6 +363,32 @@ svr4_sys_fchroot(p, v, retval)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+svr4_mknod(p, retval, path, dev, mode)
+	struct proc *p;
+	register_t *retval;
+	char *path;
+	svr4_dev_t dev;
+	svr4_mode_t mode;
+{
+	caddr_t sg = stackgap_init(p->p_emul);
+
+	SVR4_CHECK_ALT_EXIST(p, &sg, path);
+
+	if (S_ISFIFO(mode)) {
+		struct sys_mkfifo_args ap;
+		SCARG(&ap, path) = path;
+		SCARG(&ap, mode) = mode;
+		return sys_mkfifo(p, &ap, retval);
+	} else {
+		struct sys_mknod_args ap;
+		SCARG(&ap, path) = path;
+		SCARG(&ap, mode) = mode;
+		SCARG(&ap, dev) = dev;
+		return sys_mknod(p, &ap, retval);
+	}
+}
+
 
 int
 svr4_sys_mknod(p, v, retval)
@@ -368,23 +397,23 @@ svr4_sys_mknod(p, v, retval)
 	register_t *retval;
 {
 	struct svr4_sys_mknod_args *uap = v;
-	caddr_t sg = stackgap_init(p->p_emul);
-	SVR4_CHECK_ALT_EXIST(p, &sg, SCARG(uap, path));
-
-	if (S_ISFIFO(SCARG(uap, mode))) {
-		struct sys_mkfifo_args ap;
-		SCARG(&ap, path) = SCARG(uap, path);
-		SCARG(&ap, mode) = SCARG(uap, mode);
-		return sys_mkfifo(p, &ap, retval);
-	} else {
-		struct sys_mknod_args ap;
-		SCARG(&ap, path) = SCARG(uap, path);
-		SCARG(&ap, mode) = SCARG(uap, mode);
-		SCARG(&ap, dev) = SCARG(uap, dev);
-		return sys_mknod(p, &ap, retval);
-	}
+	return svr4_mknod(p, retval,
+			  SCARG(uap, path), SCARG(uap, dev), SCARG(uap, mode));
 }
 
+
+int
+svr4_sys_xmknod(p, v, retval)
+	register struct proc *p;
+	void *v;
+	register_t *retval;
+{
+	struct svr4_sys_xmknod_args *uap = v;
+	return svr4_mknod(p, retval,
+			  SCARG(uap, path), SCARG(uap, dev), SCARG(uap, mode));
+}
+
+
 int
 svr4_sys_vhangup(p, v, retval)
 	struct proc *p;
diff --git a/sys/compat/svr4/syscalls.master b/sys/compat/svr4/syscalls.master
index fb07135a50df..de5255ed4ec7 100644
--- a/sys/compat/svr4/syscalls.master
+++ b/sys/compat/svr4/syscalls.master
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	$NetBSD: syscalls.master,v 1.15 1995/12/19 07:13:27 christos Exp $
+	$NetBSD: syscalls.master,v 1.16 1996/02/02 01:17:28 christos Exp $
 
 ;	@(#)syscalls.master	8.1 (Berkeley) 7/19/93
 
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@
 			    struct svr4_xstat *ub); }
 125	STD		{ int svr4_sys_fxstat(int two, int fd, \
 			    struct svr4_xstat *sb); }
-126	UNIMPL		xmknod
+126	STD		{ int svr4_sys_xmknod(int two, char *path, \
+			    svr4_dev_t dev, svr4_mode_t mode); }
 127	UNIMPL		clocal
 128	STD		{ int svr4_sys_setrlimit(int which, \
 			    struct ogetrlimit *rlp); }