diff --git a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
index b512e718..a2a4ec0e 100644
--- a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
+++ b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscall.asm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern syscall_ioctl
 extern syscall_mkdirat
 extern syscall_clockget
 extern syscall_linkat
+extern syscall_readlinkat
 syscalltab:
 dq syscall_print
 dq syscall_mmap
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ dq syscall_ioctl
 dq syscall_mkdirat
 dq syscall_clockget
 dq syscall_linkat
-syscallcount equ 30
+dq syscall_readlinkat
+syscallcount equ 31
 section .text
 global arch_syscall_entry
 ; on entry:
diff --git a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscalllog.c b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscalllog.c
index 215a0a6e..8a768886 100644
--- a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscalllog.c
+++ b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/syscalllog.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ static char *name[] = {
 	"ioctl",
 	"mkdirat",
 	"clockget",
-	"linkat"
+	"linkat",
+	"readlinkat"
 };
 
 static char *args[] = {
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ static char *args[] = {
 	"fd %d request %lu argument %d", // ioctl
 	"dirfd %d path %s mode %o", // mkdirat
 	"clockid %d timespec %p", // clockget
-	"olddirfd %d oldpath %s newdirfd %d oldpath %s flags %d type %d" // linkat
+	"olddirfd %d oldpath %s newdirfd %d oldpath %s flags %d type %d", // linkat
+	"dirfd %d path %s buffer %p buffer length %lu" // readlinkat
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39869613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <kernel/syscalls.h>
+#include <kernel/vfs.h>
+#include <kernel/file.h>
+#include <kernel/alloc.h>
+#include <arch/cpu.h>
+
+syscallret_t syscall_readlinkat(context_t *, int dirfd, const char *upath, char *ubuffer, size_t ubuffersize) {
+	syscallret_t ret = {
+		.ret = -1
+	};
+
+	char *path = alloc(strlen(upath + 1));
+
+	if (path == NULL) {
+		ret.errno = ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(path, upath);
+
+	file_t *file = NULL;
+	vnode_t *dirnode = NULL;
+	ret.errno = dirfd_enter(path, dirfd, &file, &dirnode);
+	if (ret.errno)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	vnode_t *node = NULL;
+	ret.errno = vfs_lookup(&node, dirnode, path, NULL, VFS_LOOKUP_NOLINK);
+	if (ret.errno)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	char *buffer = NULL;
+
+	ret.errno = VOP_READLINK(node, &buffer, &_cpu()->thread->proc->cred);
+	if (ret.errno)
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	size_t bufferlen = strlen(buffer);
+	size_t copylen = bufferlen > ubuffersize ? ubuffersize : bufferlen;
+
+	memcpy(ubuffer, buffer, copylen);
+
+	ret.ret = copylen;
+
+	cleanup:
+
+	if (buffer)
+		free(buffer);
+
+	if (node)
+		VOP_RELEASE(node);
+
+	if (dirnode)
+		dirfd_leave(dirnode, file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch b/patches/mlibc/jinx-working-patch.patch
index 3b097360..aa212761 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..0b9a48b
+index 0000000..90bfad3
 --- /dev/null
 +++ mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/generic/generic.cpp
-@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
 +#include <bits/ensure.h>
 +#include <mlibc/debug.hpp>
 +#include <mlibc/all-sysdeps.hpp>
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ index 0000000..0b9a48b
 +		return 0;
 +	}
 +
++	int sys_readlink(const char *path, void *buffer, size_t max_size, ssize_t *length) {
++		long ret;
++		long error = syscall(SYSCALL_READLINKAT, &ret, AT_FDCWD, (uint64_t)path, (uint64_t)buffer, max_size);
++		*length = ret;
++		return error;
++	}
++
 +	static int dolink(int oldfd, const char *oldpath, int newfd, const char *newpath, int flags, int type) {
 +		long ret;
 +		return syscall(SYSCALL_LINKAT, &ret, oldfd, (uint64_t)oldpath, newfd, (uint64_t)newpath, flags, type);
@@ -478,10 +485,10 @@ 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..ee926b6
+index 0000000..fa60d43
 --- /dev/null
 +++ mlibc-workdir/sysdeps/astral/include/astral/syscall.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
 +#ifndef _SYSCALL_H_INCLUDE
 +#define _SYSCALL_H_INCLUDE
 +
@@ -515,6 +522,7 @@ index 0000000..ee926b6
 +#define SYSCALL_MKDIRAT 27
 +#define SYSCALL_CLOCKGET 28
 +#define SYSCALL_LINKAT 29
++#define SYSCALL_READLINKAT 30
 +
 +#include <stddef.h>
 +#include <stdint.h>