diff --git a/src/stdio/popen.c b/src/stdio/popen.c
index 50765daa3f2d899848e69fc78f66f309a96c8de9..4f9d6e9ec92a95b85507d2a42dc6187b1809898b 100644
--- a/src/stdio/popen.c
+++ b/src/stdio/popen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #include "stdio_impl.h"
+#include "syscall.h"
+
+static inline void nc_close(int fd)
+{
+	__syscall(SYS_close, fd);
+}
+#define close(x) nc_close(x)
 
 FILE *popen(const char *cmd, const char *mode)
 {