diff --git a/src/libcglue/Makefile.am b/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
index eb730ca3..7d59741a 100644
--- a/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libcglue/Makefile.am
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ ERRNO_OBJS = __set_errno.o
 FDMAN_OBJS = __descriptor_data_pool.o __descriptormap.o __fdman_init.o __fdman_get_new_descriptor.o __fdman_get_dup_descriptor.o \
 	__fdman_release_descriptor.o
 
-GLUE_OBJS = __fill_stat.o __psp_heap_blockid.o __psp_free_heap.o _fork.o _wait.o _open.o _close.o _read.o _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 \
+GLUE_OBJS = __dummy_passwd.o __fill_stat.o __psp_heap_blockid.o __psp_free_heap.o _fork.o _wait.o _open.o _close.o _read.o \
+	_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 _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
diff --git a/src/libcglue/glue.c b/src/libcglue/glue.c
index 7c212523..e3745bb5 100644
--- a/src/libcglue/glue.c
+++ b/src/libcglue/glue.c
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ int __pipe_nonblocking_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
 /* Functions from socket.c */
 int __socket_close(int sock);
 
+#ifdef F___dummy_passwd
+/* the present working directory variable. */
+struct passwd __dummy_passwd = { "psp_user", "xxx", 1000, 1000, "", "", "/", "" };
+#else
+extern struct passwd __dummy_passwd;
+#endif
+
+
 #ifdef F___fill_stat
 static time_t psp_to_posix_time(ScePspDateTime psp_time)
 {
@@ -950,27 +958,27 @@ int fsync(int fd) {
 
 #ifdef F_getuid
 uid_t getuid(void) {
-	return 1000;
+	return __dummy_passwd.pw_uid;
 }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef F_geteuid
 uid_t geteuid(void) {
-	return 1000;
+	return __dummy_passwd.pw_uid;
 }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef F_getpwuid
 struct passwd *getpwuid(uid_t uid) {
 	/* There's no support for users */
-	return NULL;
+	return &__dummy_passwd;
 }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef F_getpwnam
 struct passwd *getpwnam(const char *name) {
 	/* There's no support for users */
-	return NULL;
+	return &__dummy_passwd;
 }
 #endif