diff --git a/src/stdio/remove.c b/src/stdio/remove.c
index 9e1de7f239f698aac83307c1034863fb902c1501..fc12f7c10578d2f2f05bb2e7a6753dbe626e2ed7 100644
--- a/src/stdio/remove.c
+++ b/src/stdio/remove.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
 
 int remove(const char *path)
 {
-	return syscall(SYS_unlink, path);
+	return (syscall(SYS_unlink, path) && errno == EISDIR)
+		? syscall(SYS_rmdir, path) : 0;
 }