diff --git a/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
index ed19cfe9dc..9ebfce0cf9 100644
--- a/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-12-04      Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* POSIX/Makefile.am: Add wait.
+	* POSIX/wait.c: New.
+
 2009-12-03	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* bspcmdline01/test.c: Removed.
diff --git a/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/Makefile.am b/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/Makefile.am
index 2cef1020a1..c85a23bc67 100644
--- a/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/Makefile.am
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ unlink_SOURCES = unlink.c
 check_PROGRAMS += vfork
 vfork_SOURCES = vfork.c
 
+check_PROGRAMS += wait
+wait_SOURCES = wait.c
+
 check_PROGRAMS += waitpid
 waitpid_SOURCES = waitpid.c
 
diff --git a/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/wait.c b/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89a6742fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuites/libtests/POSIX/wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 by
+ * Ralf Corsépius, Ulm, Germany. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
+ * is freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  int status;
+  pid_t pid;
+  pid = wait(&status);
+
+  return 0;
+}