diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
index a1a9a9b196..e64598bf65 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/Jamfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_main.o :
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>poll.c
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>pwd.c
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>rlimit.c
+ 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>utime.c
  	:
 	-fPIC -DPIC
 	;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_main.o :
 MergeObjectFromObjects kernel_posix_main.o :
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>errno.o
  	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>poll.o
+ 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>utime.o
 	;
 
 SubInclude OBOS_TOP src kernel libroot posix malloc ;
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/utime.c b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/utime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0ffcd74fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/utime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2002, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <utime.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <syscalls.h>
+
+
+#define RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(err) \
+	if (err < 0) { \
+		errno = err; \
+		return -1; \
+	} \
+	return err;
+
+
+int
+utime(const char *path, const struct utimbuf *buffer)
+{
+	struct stat stat;
+	status_t status;
+
+	stat.st_atime = buffer->actime;
+	stat.st_mtime = buffer->modtime;
+	status = sys_write_path_stat(path, false, &stat, FS_WRITE_STAT_MTIME | FS_WRITE_STAT_ATIME);
+
+	RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(status);
+}
+