diff --git a/include/stdio.h b/include/stdio.h
index 3d22220f2e7b0a675d0abad4c22872ab7c352279..19ab8bcdda3e87bba4dd367688af3d7161ae1fe9 100644
--- a/include/stdio.h
+++ b/include/stdio.h
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ int getw(FILE *);
 int putw(int, FILE *);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _BSD_SOURCE
+char *fgetln(FILE *, size_t *);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
 int asprintf(char **, const char *, ...);
 int vasprintf(char **, const char *, va_list);
diff --git a/src/internal/stdio_impl.h b/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
index d54c918becaf0b8ff15a636cdd4f90d28a8d9371..65dcfbda053968b768f22a79a539e9711157fb1a 100644
--- a/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/stdio_impl.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct __FILE_s {
 	int waiters;
 	void *cookie;
 	off_t off;
-	void *dummy4;
+	char *getln_buf;
 	void *mustbezero_2;
 	unsigned char *shend;
 	off_t shlim, shcnt;
diff --git a/src/stdio/fclose.c b/src/stdio/fclose.c
index 373a2c76cc5b71b872817bf4735c7369a6bc4f82..8fdc3f7d2b667d125e4aa7bc115d53f68e852331 100644
--- a/src/stdio/fclose.c
+++ b/src/stdio/fclose.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ int fclose(FILE *f)
 	r = fflush(f);
 	r |= f->close(f);
 
+	if (f->getln_buf) free(f->getln_buf);
 	if (!perm) free(f);
 	
 	return r;
diff --git a/src/stdio/fgetln.c b/src/stdio/fgetln.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06b8883756e4356f3a0cb96c8d412c9db58b031c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stdio/fgetln.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "stdio_impl.h"
+
+char *fgetln(FILE *f, size_t *plen)
+{
+	char *ret = 0, *z;
+	ssize_t l;
+	FLOCK(f);
+	ungetc(getc_unlocked(f), f);
+	if ((z=memchr(f->rpos, '\n', f->rend - f->rpos))) {
+		ret = (char *)f->rpos;
+		*plen = ++z - ret;
+		f->rpos = (void *)z;
+	} else if ((l = getline(&f->getln_buf, (size_t[]){0}, f)) > 0) {
+		*plen = l;
+		ret = f->getln_buf;
+	}
+	FUNLOCK(f);
+	return ret;
+}