diff --git a/mod.zig b/mod.zig
index 470801ca1b2a60c86dd51f03dfd61f867f60b909..a54977acc8e65137e271a0c0945b564b009972c1 100644
--- a/mod.zig
+++ b/mod.zig
@@ -3151,3 +3151,9 @@ pub fn readlinkat(dirfd: c_int, noalias path: [*:0]const u8, noalias buf: []u8)
     std.debug.assert(rc >= 0);
     return buf[0..@intCast(rc) :0];
 }
+pub fn write(fd: c_int, buf: []const u8) !usize {
+    const rc = libc.write(fd, buf.ptr, buf.len);
+    if (rc == -1) return errno.fromInt(errno.fromLibC());
+    std.debug.assert(rc >= 0);
+    return @intCast(rc);
+}
diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
index 27f5efb45c0f72e0af3abd6ac4608e885862e86a..87d169144197e1d0d9939f020533fb565137ebc7 100644
--- a/test.zig
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ test {
     _ = &linux.clock_gettime;
     _ = &linux.memfd_create;
     _ = &linux.readlinkat;
+    _ = &linux.write;
 }