diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/syscall.asm b/src/arch/x86_64/syscall.asm
index 5a5f1d84..e938c615 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/syscall.asm
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/syscall.asm
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ extern syscall_fchmod
 extern syscall_linkat
 extern syscall_recvmsg
 extern syscall_futex
-func_count equ 44
+extern syscall_newthread
+func_count equ 45
 
 
 func_table:
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ func_table:
 	dq syscall_linkat
 	dq syscall_recvmsg
 	dq syscall_futex
+	dq syscall_newthread
 section .text
 global asm_syscall_entry
 
diff --git a/src/sys/syscalls/newthread.c b/src/sys/syscalls/newthread.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0814b715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sys/syscalls/newthread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <kernel/syscalls.h>
+#include <kernel/sched.h>
+#include <kernel/env.h>
+#include <arch/cls.h>
+
+syscallret syscall_newthread(void* nip, void* stack){
+	syscallret retv;
+	retv.ret = -1;
+
+	if(env_isset("nomultithread")){
+		retv.errno = ENOSYS;
+		return retv;
+	}
+	
+	thread_t* thread = arch_getcls()->thread;
+	proc_t* proc = thread->proc;
+
+	thread_t* new = sched_newuthread(nip, THREAD_DEFAULT_KSTACK_SIZE, stack, proc, false, THREAD_PRIORITY_USER);
+
+	if(!new){
+		retv.errno = ENOMEM;
+		return retv;
+	}	
+	
+	new->ctx = thread->ctx;
+	
+	sched_queuethread(new);
+
+	retv.errno = 0;
+	retv.ret = new->tid;
+
+	return retv;
+	
+}