diff --git a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
index d06319f8..1ac411c8 100644
--- a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
+++ b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern syscall_seek
 extern syscall_close
 extern syscall_archctl
 extern syscall_write
+extern syscall_getpid
 syscalltab:
 dq syscall_print
 dq syscall_mmap
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ dq syscall_seek
 dq syscall_close
 dq syscall_archctl
 dq syscall_write
-syscallcount equ 8
+dq syscall_getpid
+syscallcount equ 9
 section .text
 global arch_syscall_entry
 ; on entry:
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/getpid.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/getpid.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c30d225c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/getpid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <kernel/syscalls.h>
+#include <arch/cpu.h>
+
+syscallret_t syscall_getpid(context_t *ctx) {
+	syscallret_t ret = {
+		.ret = _cpu()->thread->proc->pid,
+		.errno = 0
+	};
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch b/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch
index 45015c4f..abe5fd36 100644
--- a/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch
+++ b/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ index 0000000..e5b087a
 +
 diff --git mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/generic/generic.cpp mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/generic/generic.cpp
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..30fd3b0
+index 0000000..81ba749
 --- /dev/null
 +++ mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/generic/generic.cpp
-@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
 +#include <bits/ensure.h>
 +#include <mlibc/debug.hpp>
 +#include <mlibc/all-sysdeps.hpp>
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ index 0000000..30fd3b0
 +		return 0;
 +	}
 +
++	pid_t sys_getpid() {
++		long ret;
++		syscall(SYSCALL_GETPID, &ret);
++		return ret;
++	}
++
 +	void sys_libc_log(const char *message) {
 +		long ret;
 +		syscall(SYSCALL_PRINT, &ret, (uint64_t)message);
@@ -313,10 +319,10 @@ index 0000000..990eca0
 +#endif
 diff --git mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/include/astral/syscall.h mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/include/astral/syscall.h
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..ce00d62
+index 0000000..fe5ea34
 --- /dev/null
 +++ mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/include/astral/syscall.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
 +#ifndef _SYSCALL_H_INCLUDE
 +#define _SYSCALL_H_INCLUDE
 +
@@ -328,6 +334,7 @@ index 0000000..ce00d62
 +#define SYSCALL_CLOSE 5
 +#define SYSCALL_ARCHCTL 6
 +#define SYSCALL_WRITE 7
++#define SYSCALL_GETPID 8
 +
 +#include <stddef.h>
 +#include <stdint.h>