diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/umount.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/umount.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39cb251030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/umount.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* since we don't have an oldumount system call, do what the kernel
+   does down here */
+
+long __umount(char *name)
+{
+	return __umount2(name, 0);
+}
+
+weak_alias(__umount, umount);