diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
index 1bb0ffeca5..9277bf358b 100644
--- a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/Jamfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ KernelMergeObject posix_time.o :
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>difftime.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>localtime.c
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>mktime.c
+	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>strftime.cpp
 	<$(SOURCE_GRIST)>time.c
 	:
 	-fPIC -DPIC
diff --git a/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/strftime.cpp b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/strftime.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c3d4fb2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/libroot/posix/time/strftime.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* 
+** Copyright 2004, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+extern "C" size_t
+strftime(char *buffer, size_t bufferSize, const char *format, const struct tm *tm)
+{
+	// ToDo: implement (or copy) strftime()
+	return strlcpy(buffer, "99-Sep-99", bufferSize);
+}
+