diff --git a/include/sys/auxv.h b/include/sys/auxv.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dcf9adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sys/auxv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef _SYS_AUXV_H
+#define _SYS_AUXV_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <elf.h>
+
+unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/misc/getauxval.c b/src/misc/getauxval.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ac8b3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/misc/getauxval.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "libc.h"
+
+unsigned long getauxval(unsigned long item)
+{
+	size_t *auxv = libc.auxv;
+	for (; *auxv; auxv+=2)
+		if (*auxv==item) return auxv[1];
+	errno = ENOENT;
+	return 0;
+}