diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 93f44a0a5e..ad15a2437c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -148,4 +148,20 @@ ErrorOr<struct stat> stat(StringView path)
 #endif
 }
 
+ErrorOr<ssize_t> read(int fd, void* buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+    ssize_t rc = ::read(fd, buffer, buffer_size);
+    if (rc < 0)
+        return Error::from_syscall("read"sv, -errno);
+    return rc;
+}
+
+ErrorOr<ssize_t> write(int fd, void const* data, size_t data_size)
+{
+    ssize_t rc = ::write(fd, data, data_size);
+    if (rc < 0)
+        return Error::from_syscall("write"sv, -errno);
+    return rc;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 53dc7f578d..cbc6339d49 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> open(StringView path, int options, ...);
 ErrorOr<void> close(int fd);
 ErrorOr<void> ftruncate(int fd, off_t length);
 ErrorOr<struct stat> stat(StringView path);
+ErrorOr<ssize_t> read(int fd, void* buffer, size_t buffer_size);
+ErrorOr<ssize_t> write(int fd, void const* data, size_t data_size);
 
 }