diff --git a/freebsd-userspace/Makefile b/freebsd-userspace/Makefile
index 2dfd0867..5144c5cb 100644
--- a/freebsd-userspace/Makefile
+++ b/freebsd-userspace/Makefile
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ C_FILES += lib/libc/db/mpool/mpool.c
 # C_FILES += rtems/rtems-net-setup.c
 C_FILES += rtems/syslog.c
 C_FILES += rtems/rtems-syslog-initialize.c
+C_FILES += rtems/rtems-getprogname.c
 
 # ping command sources
 C_FILES += commands/sbin/ping/ping.c
diff --git a/freebsd-userspace/rtems/rtems-getprogname.c b/freebsd-userspace/rtems/rtems-getprogname.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a075df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freebsd-userspace/rtems/rtems-getprogname.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * RTEMS version of 
+ */
+
+const char *getprogname(void)
+{
+  return "RTEMS";
+}