diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index fa44563a1ca..52f3870172c 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ int Process::sys$open(const char* path, int options)
         if (!m_file_descriptors[fd])
             break;
     }
-    handle->setFD(fd);
     m_file_descriptors[fd] = move(handle);
     return fd;
 }
@@ -1435,3 +1434,35 @@ int Process::sys$tcsetpgrp(int fd, pid_t pgid)
     tty.set_pgid(pgid);
     return 0;
 }
+
+int Process::sys$getdtablesize()
+{
+    return m_max_open_file_descriptors;
+}
+
+int Process::sys$dup(int old_fd)
+{
+    auto* handle = fileHandleIfExists(old_fd);
+    if (!handle)
+        return -EBADF;
+    if (number_of_open_file_descriptors() == m_max_open_file_descriptors)
+        return -EMFILE;
+    int new_fd = 0;
+    for (; new_fd < m_max_open_file_descriptors; ++new_fd) {
+        if (!m_file_descriptors[new_fd])
+            break;
+    }
+    m_file_descriptors[new_fd] = handle;
+    return new_fd;
+}
+
+int Process::sys$dup2(int old_fd, int new_fd)
+{
+    auto* handle = fileHandleIfExists(old_fd);
+    if (!handle)
+        return -EBADF;
+    if (number_of_open_file_descriptors() == m_max_open_file_descriptors)
+        return -EMFILE;
+    m_file_descriptors[new_fd] = handle;
+    return new_fd;
+}
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index 84ef0a2de34..5c6365d9dd9 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ public:
     int sys$execve(const char* filename, const char** argv, const char** envp);
     Unix::sighandler_t sys$signal(int signum, Unix::sighandler_t);
     int sys$isatty(int fd);
+    int sys$getdtablesize();
+    int sys$dup(int oldfd);
+    int sys$dup2(int oldfd, int newfd);
 
     static void initialize();
 
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ private:
     State m_state { Invalid };
     DWORD m_wakeupTime { 0 };
     TSS32 m_tss;
-    Vector<OwnPtr<FileHandle>> m_file_descriptors;
+    Vector<RetainPtr<FileHandle>> m_file_descriptors;
     RingLevel m_ring { Ring0 };
     int m_error { 0 };
     void* m_kernelStack { nullptr };
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
index cef16f864c3..c4e5fd704ad 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ static DWORD handle(RegisterDump& regs, DWORD function, DWORD arg1, DWORD arg2,
         return (dword)current->sys$signal((int)arg1, (Unix::sighandler_t)arg2);
     case Syscall::PosixIsatty:
         return current->sys$isatty((int)arg1);
+    case Syscall::Getdtablesize:
+        return current->sys$getdtablesize();
+    case Syscall::Dup:
+        return current->sys$dup((int)arg1);
+    case Syscall::Dup2:
+        return current->sys$dup2((int)arg1, (int)arg2);
     default:
         kprintf("<%u> int0x80: Unknown function %x requested {%x, %x, %x}\n", current->pid(), function, arg1, arg2, arg3);
         break;
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscall.h b/Kernel/Syscall.h
index 1582b45dcff..c5a210d0999 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscall.h
+++ b/Kernel/Syscall.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ enum Function {
     PosixGetegid = 0x2021,
     PosixSignal = 0x2022,
     PosixIsatty = 0x2023,
+    Getdtablesize = 0x2024,
+    Dup = 0x2025,
+    Dup2 = 0x2026,
 };
 
 void initialize();
diff --git a/LibC/dirent.cpp b/LibC/dirent.cpp
index 07d50d01d41..0914e856f3e 100644
--- a/LibC/dirent.cpp
+++ b/LibC/dirent.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <Kernel/Syscall.h>
 
 extern "C" {
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ DIR* opendir(const char* name)
     return dirp;
 }
 
+int closedir(DIR* dirp)
+{
+    if (!dirp || dirp->fd == -1)
+        return -EBADF;
+    int rc = close(dirp->fd);
+    if (rc == 0)
+        dirp->fd = -1;
+    return rc;
+}
+
 struct sys_dirent {
     ino_t ino;
     byte file_type;
diff --git a/LibC/dirent.h b/LibC/dirent.h
index 890a2d16f3b..9b0e77cdb30 100644
--- a/LibC/dirent.h
+++ b/LibC/dirent.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ struct __DIR {
 typedef struct __DIR DIR;
 
 DIR* opendir(const char* name);
-struct dirent* readdir(DIR* dirp);
+int closedir(DIR*);
+struct dirent* readdir(DIR*);
 
 __END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/LibC/stdio.cpp b/LibC/stdio.cpp
index 97c2cdcf12f..49548d6a0cf 100644
--- a/LibC/stdio.cpp
+++ b/LibC/stdio.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,17 @@ FILE* fopen(const char* pathname, const char* mode)
     return fp;
 }
 
+FILE* fdopen(int fd, const char* mode)
+{
+    assert(!strcmp(mode, "r") || !strcmp(mode, "rb"));
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return nullptr;
+    auto* fp = (FILE*)malloc(sizeof(FILE));
+    fp->fd = fd;
+    fp->eof = false;
+    return fp;
+}
+
 int fclose(FILE* stream)
 {
     int rc = close(stream->fd);
diff --git a/LibC/stdio.h b/LibC/stdio.h
index 8ad7074a39a..a03f735341c 100644
--- a/LibC/stdio.h
+++ b/LibC/stdio.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int fileno(FILE*);
 int fgetc(FILE*);
 int getc(FILE*);
 int getchar();
+FILE* fdopen(int fd, const char* mode);
 FILE* fopen(const char* pathname, const char* mode);
 int fclose(FILE*);
 void rewind(FILE*);
diff --git a/LibC/sys/resource.h b/LibC/sys/resource.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/LibC/unistd.cpp b/LibC/unistd.cpp
index a6c8eee7382..46cb713996d 100644
--- a/LibC/unistd.cpp
+++ b/LibC/unistd.cpp
@@ -190,5 +190,22 @@ int isatty(int fd)
     __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, 1, 0);
 }
 
+int getdtablesize()
+{
+    int rc = Syscall::invoke(Syscall::Getdtablesize);
+    __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, 1, 0);
 }
 
+int dup(int old_fd)
+{
+    int rc = Syscall::invoke(Syscall::Dup, (dword)old_fd);
+    __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, rc, -1);
+}
+
+int dup2(int old_fd, int new_fd)
+{
+    int rc = Syscall::invoke(Syscall::Dup2, (dword)old_fd, (dword)new_fd);
+    __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, rc, -1);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/LibC/unistd.h b/LibC/unistd.h
index 7d4eebbbdb7..9b388e07332 100644
--- a/LibC/unistd.h
+++ b/LibC/unistd.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ int ttyname_r(int fd, char* buffer, size_t);
 off_t lseek(int fd, off_t, int whence);
 int link(const char* oldpath, const char* newpath);
 int unlink(const char* pathname);
+int getdtablesize();
+int dup(int old_fd);
+int dup2(int old_fd, int new_fd);
 
 #define WEXITSTATUS(status) (((status) & 0xff00) >> 8)
 #define WTERMSIG(status) ((status) & 0x7f)
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.cpp
index b249921bad3..312c4cc9cb8 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CharacterDevice::~CharacterDevice()
 {
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> CharacterDevice::open(int options)
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> CharacterDevice::open(int options)
 {
     return VirtualFileSystem::the().open(*this, options);
 }
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.h b/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.h
index a8bcaf99331..f3d0e41019e 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/CharacterDevice.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class CharacterDevice {
 public:
     virtual ~CharacterDevice();
 
-    virtual OwnPtr<FileHandle> open(int options);
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> open(int options);
 
     virtual bool hasDataAvailableForRead() const = 0;
 
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
index f56b43cd6b3..e74e9872528 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 #include "TTY.h"
 #include <AK/BufferStream.h>
 
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> FileHandle::create(RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node>&& vnode)
+{
+    return adopt(*new FileHandle(move(vnode)));
+}
+
 FileHandle::FileHandle(RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node>&& vnode)
     : m_vnode(move(vnode))
 {
@@ -15,9 +20,9 @@ FileHandle::~FileHandle()
 {
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> FileHandle::clone()
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> FileHandle::clone()
 {
-    auto handle = make<FileHandle>(m_vnode.copyRef());
+    auto handle = FileHandle::create(m_vnode.copyRef());
     if (!handle)
         return nullptr;
     handle->m_currentOffset = m_currentOffset;
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.h b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.h
index 1a9757e3aef..51bcf9ed538 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/FileHandle.h
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 #include "VirtualFileSystem.h"
 #include "InodeMetadata.h"
 #include <AK/ByteBuffer.h>
+#include <AK/Retainable.h>
 
 class TTY;
 
-class FileHandle {
+class FileHandle : public Retainable<FileHandle> {
 public:
-    explicit FileHandle(RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node>&&);
+    static RetainPtr<FileHandle> create(RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node>&&);
     ~FileHandle();
 
-    OwnPtr<FileHandle> clone();
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> clone();
 
     int close();
 
@@ -39,9 +40,6 @@ public:
     VirtualFileSystem::Node* vnode() { return m_vnode.ptr(); }
 
 #ifdef SERENITY
-    int fd() const { return m_fd; }
-    void setFD(int fd) { m_fd = fd; }
-
     bool isBlocking() const { return m_isBlocking; }
     void setBlocking(bool b) { m_isBlocking = b; }
 #endif
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     friend class VirtualFileSystem;
+    explicit FileHandle(RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node>&&);
 
     RetainPtr<VirtualFileSystem::Node> m_vnode;
 
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
index 4ef6ba5df17..79632ccbae3 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
@@ -398,15 +398,15 @@ bool VirtualFileSystem::touch(const String& path)
     return inode.fileSystem()->setModificationTime(inode, ktime(nullptr));
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::open(CharacterDevice& device, int options)
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::open(CharacterDevice& device, int options)
 {
     auto vnode = getOrCreateNode(device);
     if (!vnode)
         return nullptr;
-    return make<FileHandle>(move(vnode));
+    return FileHandle::create(move(vnode));
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::open(const String& path, int& error, int options, InodeIdentifier base)
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::open(const String& path, int& error, int options, InodeIdentifier base)
 {
     auto inode = resolvePath(path, error, base, options);
     if (!inode.isValid())
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::open(const String& path, int& error, int o
     auto vnode = getOrCreateNode(inode);
     if (!vnode)
         return nullptr;
-    return make<FileHandle>(move(vnode));
+    return FileHandle::create(move(vnode));
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::create(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base)
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::create(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base)
 {
     // FIXME: Do the real thing, not just this fake thing!
     (void) path;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::create(const String& path, InodeIdentifier
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-OwnPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::mkdir(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base)
+RetainPtr<FileHandle> VirtualFileSystem::mkdir(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base)
 {
     // FIXME: Do the real thing, not just this fake thing!
     (void) path;
diff --git a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.h b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.h
index 1ce34a36044..ad2c3998452 100644
--- a/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.h
+++ b/VirtualFileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.h
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ public:
     bool mountRoot(RetainPtr<FileSystem>&&);
     bool mount(RetainPtr<FileSystem>&&, const String& path);
 
-    OwnPtr<FileHandle> open(CharacterDevice&, int options);
-    OwnPtr<FileHandle> open(const String& path, int& error, int options = 0, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
-    OwnPtr<FileHandle> create(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
-    OwnPtr<FileHandle> mkdir(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> open(CharacterDevice&, int options);
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> open(const String& path, int& error, int options = 0, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> create(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
+    RetainPtr<FileHandle> mkdir(const String& path, InodeIdentifier base = InodeIdentifier());
 
     bool isRoot(InodeIdentifier) const;