diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index 12b3e482b51d41a48cfe836f5e45a1a4b1c368c0..eb4908f3318a4bc8dff8c3bc11dc1b7ed1bc448b 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -1584,6 +1584,11 @@ pub fn clone2(flags: u32, child_stack_ptr: usize) usize {
     return syscall2(.clone, flags, child_stack_ptr);
 }
 
+/// This call cannot fail, and the return value is the caller's thread id
+pub fn set_tid_address(tidptr: ?*pid_t) pid_t {
+    return @intCast(@as(u32, @truncate(syscall1(.set_tid_address, @intFromPtr(tidptr)))));
+}
+
 pub fn close(fd: fd_t) usize {
     return syscall1(.close, @as(usize, @bitCast(@as(isize, fd))));
 }