diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index cc618f7c..a6ac8e92 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -342,10 +342,14 @@ func Wait4(pid int, wstatus *WaitStatus, options int, rusage *Rusage) (wpid int,
 	return
 }
 
-func Mkfifo(path string, mode uint32) (err error) {
+func Mkfifo(path string, mode uint32) error {
 	return Mknod(path, mode|S_IFIFO, 0)
 }
 
+func Mkfifoat(dirfd int, path string, mode uint32) error {
+	return Mknodat(dirfd, path, mode|S_IFIFO, 0)
+}
+
 func (sa *SockaddrInet4) sockaddr() (unsafe.Pointer, _Socklen, error) {
 	if sa.Port < 0 || sa.Port > 0xFFFF {
 		return nil, 0, EINVAL