diff --git a/libc/unistd/pread.c b/libc/unistd/pread.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *    distribution.
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may
+ *       be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ *       without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+*/
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+extern int __pread64(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, off_t lo, off_t hi);
+
+ssize_t pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, off_t offset)
+{
+    return __pread64(fd, buf, nbytes, offset, 0);
+}
+