diff --git a/src/libcglue/Makefile.am b/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
index 931e96dd..1449ca96 100644
--- a/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ GLUE_OBJS = __dummy_passwd.o __fill_stat.o __psp_heap_blockid.o __psp_free_heap.
 	_write.o _fstat.o _stat.o lstat.o access.o _fcntl.o  _lseek.o chdir.o mkdir.o rmdir.o getdents.o _seekdir.o _link.o _unlink.o \
 	_rename.o _getpid.o _kill.o _sbrk.o _gettimeofday.o _times.o ftime.o clock_getres.o clock_gettime.o clock_settime.o \
 	_internal_malloc_lock.o _internal_malloc_unlock.o _isatty.o symlink.o truncate.o chmod.o fchmod.o fchmodat.o pathconf.o \
-	readlink.o utime.o fchown.o getentropy.o getpwuid.o fsync.o getpwnam.o getuid.o geteuid.o
+	readlink.o utime.o fchown.o getentropy.o getpwuid.o fsync.o getpwnam.o getuid.o geteuid.o basename.o
 
 
 INIT_OBJS = __libpthreadglue_init.o __libcglue_init.o __libcglue_deinit.o _exit.o abort.o exit.o
diff --git a/src/libcglue/glue.c b/src/libcglue/glue.c
index f651fa53..f04a569a 100644
--- a/src/libcglue/glue.c
+++ b/src/libcglue/glue.c
@@ -1025,3 +1025,20 @@ struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name) {
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef F_basename
+char* basename (char *path)
+{
+	char *p;
+	if( path == NULL || *path == '\0' )
+		return ".";
+	p = path + strlen(path) - 1;
+	while( *p == '/' ) {
+		if( p == path )
+			return path;
+		*p-- = '\0';
+	}
+	while( p >= path && *p != '/' )
+		p--;
+	return p + 1;
+}
+#endif /* F_basename  */