diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index c22ec3de4d..01cf0a24a7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -275,4 +275,20 @@ ErrorOr<void> tcsetattr(int fd, int optional_actions, struct termios const& ios)
     return {};
 }
 
+ErrorOr<void> chmod(StringView pathname, mode_t mode)
+{
+    if (!pathname.characters_without_null_termination())
+        return Error::from_syscall("chmod"sv, -EFAULT);
+
+#ifdef __serenity__
+    int rc = syscall(SC_chmod, pathname.characters_without_null_termination(), pathname.length(), mode);
+    HANDLE_SYSCALL_RETURN_VALUE("chmod"sv, rc, {});
+#else
+    String path = pathname;
+    if (::chmod(path.characters(), mode) < 0)
+        return Error::from_syscall("chmod"sv, -errno);
+    return {};
+#endif
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 8bda871631..14b26db2e4 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ ErrorOr<String> gethostname();
 ErrorOr<void> ioctl(int fd, unsigned request, ...);
 ErrorOr<struct termios> tcgetattr(int fd);
 ErrorOr<void> tcsetattr(int fd, int optional_actions, struct termios const&);
+ErrorOr<void> chmod(StringView pathname, mode_t mode);
 
 }