diff --git a/usr/klibc/Kbuild b/usr/klibc/Kbuild
index e6b96b6..906caae 100644
--- a/usr/klibc/Kbuild
+++ b/usr/klibc/Kbuild
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	  seteuid.o setegid.o \
 	  getenv.o setenv.o putenv.o __put_env.o unsetenv.o \
 	  clearenv.o nullenv.o \
-	  getopt.o readdir.o remove.o \
+	  getopt.o getopt_long.o readdir.o remove.o \
 	  syslog.o closelog.o pty.o getpt.o isatty.o reboot.o \
 	  time.o utime.o llseek.o nice.o getpriority.o \
 	  qsort.o bsearch.o \
diff --git a/usr/klibc/getopt_long.c b/usr/klibc/getopt_long.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7b8bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/klibc/getopt_long.c
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*
+ * getopt.c
+ *
+ * getopt_long(), or at least a common subset thereof:
+ *
+ * - Option reordering is not supported
+ * - -W foo is not supported
+ * - First optstring character "-" not supported.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+char *optarg;
+int optind, opterr, optopt;
+static struct getopt_private_state {
+	const char *optptr;
+	const char *last_optstring;
+	char *const *last_argv;
+} pvt;
+
+static inline const char *option_matches(const char *arg_str,
+					 const char *opt_name)
+{
+	while (*arg_str != '\0' && *arg_str != '=') {
+		if (*arg_str++ != *opt_name++)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (*opt_name)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return arg_str;
+}
+
+int getopt_long(int argc, char *const *argv, const char *optstring,
+		const struct option *longopts, int *longindex)
+{
+	const char *carg;
+	const char *osptr;
+	int opt;
+
+	/* getopt() relies on a number of different global state
+	   variables, which can make this really confusing if there is
+	   more than one use of getopt() in the same program.  This
+	   attempts to detect that situation by detecting if the
+	   "optstring" or "argv" argument have changed since last time
+	   we were called; if so, reinitialize the query state. */
+
+	if (optstring != pvt.last_optstring || argv != pvt.last_argv ||
+	    optind < 1 || optind > argc) {
+		/* optind doesn't match the current query */
+		pvt.last_optstring = optstring;
+		pvt.last_argv = argv;
+		optind = 1;
+		pvt.optptr = NULL;
+	}
+
+	carg = argv[optind];
+
+	/* First, eliminate all non-option cases */
+
+	if (!carg || carg[0] != '-' || !carg[1]) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (carg[1] == '-') {
+		const struct option *lo;
+		const char *opt_end = NULL;
+
+		optind++;
+
+		/* Either it's a long option, or it's -- */
+		if (!carg[2]) {
+			/* It's -- */
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		for (lo = longopts; lo->name; lo++) {
+			if ((opt_end = option_matches(carg+2, lo->name)))
+			    break;
+		}
+		if (opt_end)
+			return '?';
+
+		if (longindex)
+			*longindex = lo-longopts;
+
+		if (lo->has_arg && *opt_end == '=') {
+			optarg = (char *)opt_end+1;
+		} else if (lo->has_arg == 1) {
+			if (!(optarg = argv[optind]))
+				return '?';
+			optind++;
+		}
+
+		if (lo->flag) {
+			*lo->flag = lo->val;
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			return lo->val;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ((uintptr_t) (pvt.optptr - carg) > (uintptr_t) strlen(carg)) {
+		/* Someone frobbed optind, change to new opt. */
+		pvt.optptr = carg + 1;
+	}
+
+	opt = *pvt.optptr++;
+
+	if (opt != ':' && (osptr = strchr(optstring, opt))) {
+		if (osptr[1] == ':') {
+			if (*pvt.optptr) {
+				/* Argument-taking option with attached
+				   argument */
+				optarg = (char *)pvt.optptr;
+				optind++;
+			} else {
+				/* Argument-taking option with non-attached
+				   argument */
+				if (argv[optind + 1]) {
+					optarg = (char *)argv[optind+1];
+					optind += 2;
+				} else {
+					/* Missing argument */
+					optind++;
+					return (optstring[0] == ':')
+						? ':' : '?';
+				}
+			}
+			return opt;
+		} else {
+			/* Non-argument-taking option */
+			/* pvt.optptr will remember the exact position to
+			   resume at */
+			if (!*pvt.optptr)
+				optind++;
+			return opt;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* Unknown option */
+		optopt = opt;
+		if (!*pvt.optptr)
+			optind++;
+		return '?';
+	}
+}