diff --git a/base/usr/include/unistd.h b/base/usr/include/unistd.h
index ad1320f6..355a44e2 100644
--- a/base/usr/include/unistd.h
+++ b/base/usr/include/unistd.h
@@ -106,4 +106,7 @@ extern long pathconf(const char *path, int name);
 
 extern int getgroups(int size, gid_t list[]);
 
+ssize_t pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
+ssize_t pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
+
 _End_C_Header
diff --git a/libc/unistd/pread.c b/libc/unistd/pread.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89343e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/unistd/pread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <syscall_nums.h>
+
+DEFN_SYSCALL4(pread,  SYS_PREAD, int, void *, size_t, off_t);
+
+ssize_t pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset) {
+	__sets_errno(syscall_pread(fd,buf,count,offset));
+}
+
diff --git a/libc/unistd/pwrite.c b/libc/unistd/pwrite.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8577bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/unistd/pwrite.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <syscall_nums.h>
+
+DEFN_SYSCALL4(pwrite, SYS_PWRITE, int, const void *, size_t, off_t);
+
+ssize_t pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset) {
+	__sets_errno(syscall_pwrite(fd,buf,count,offset));
+}
+