diff --git a/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/LIST b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/LIST
index daba62ba4..673088dcb 100644
--- a/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/LIST
+++ b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/LIST
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ fstat.s
 fsync.s
 ftime.c
 ftruncate.s
+getdirent.s
 getdtabsz.s
 getegid.s
 geteuid.s
diff --git a/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/getdirent.s b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/getdirent.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4d35f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/getdirent.s
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "syscall.h"
+DEFINE(_getdirentries)
+SYSTEM(SYS_getdirentries)
+
diff --git a/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/syscall.h b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/syscall.h
index 1b2177156..a66126b2d 100644
--- a/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/syscall.h
+++ b/mach/vax4/libbsd4_2/syscall.h
@@ -121,3 +121,4 @@
 #define SYS_setquota 148
 #define SYS_quota 149
 #define SYS_getsockname 150
+#define SYS_getdirentries 156