diff --git a/libsrc/common/Makefile b/libsrc/common/Makefile
index 2c850d8b3..de9459c4f 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/Makefile
+++ b/libsrc/common/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ S_OBJS = 	_fdesc.o 	\
 		atexit.o  	\
 		atoi.o	  	\
 		calloc.o  	\
+                chdir.o         \
 		copydata.o	\
                 creat.o         \
                 ctime.o         \
diff --git a/libsrc/common/chdir.s b/libsrc/common/chdir.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a17d4910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/common/chdir.s
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+;
+; Ullrich von Bassewitz, 2003-08-12
+;
+; int __fastcall__ chdir (const char* name);
+;
+
+        .export         _chdir
+
+        .import         __syschdir
+        .import         oserrcheck
+
+
+;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.proc   _chdir
+
+        jsr     __syschdir      ; Call the machine specific function
+        jmp     oserrcheck      ; Store into _oserror, set errno, return 0/-1
+
+.endproc
+
+
+
+