diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 2407400c1f..df3d4d54d9 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,11 @@ long do_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, long arg1, long arg2, long arg3,
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_idle
     case TARGET_NR_idle:
         goto unimplemented;
+#endif
+#ifdef TARGET_NR_syscall
+    case TARGET_NR_syscall:
+    	ret = do_syscall(cpu_env,arg1 & 0xffff,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6,0);
+    	break;
 #endif
     case TARGET_NR_wait4:
         {