diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 86b6e69a80..b6051d0851 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Kenneth Myhra <kennethmyhra@gmail.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -195,4 +196,13 @@ ErrorOr<String> ptsname(int fd)
     return String(name);
 }
 
+ErrorOr<String> gethostname()
+{
+    char hostname[256];
+    int rc = ::gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
+    if (rc < 0)
+        return Error::from_syscall("gethostname"sv, -errno);
+    return String(&hostname[0]);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 6345c150bf..d5e39d67ed 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ ErrorOr<ssize_t> write(int fd, void const* data, size_t data_size);
 ErrorOr<void> kill(pid_t, int signal);
 ErrorOr<int> dup2(int source_fd, int destination_fd);
 ErrorOr<String> ptsname(int fd);
+ErrorOr<String> gethostname();
 
 }