diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h b/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
index ac7d53d986cd..0e832e10a0b2 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ int tcsetpgrp(int fd, pid_t pid)
 	return ioctl(fd, TIOCSPGRP, &pid);
 }
 
+#define _syscall(N, ...)                                                      \
+({                                                                            \
+	long _ret = my_syscall##N(__VA_ARGS__);                               \
+	if (_ret < 0) {                                                       \
+		SET_ERRNO(-_ret);                                             \
+		_ret = -1;                                                    \
+	}                                                                     \
+	_ret;                                                                 \
+})
+
+#define _syscall_narg(...) __syscall_narg(__VA_ARGS__, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
+#define __syscall_narg(_0, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, N, ...) N
+#define _syscall_n(N, ...) _syscall(N, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define syscall(...) _syscall_n(_syscall_narg(__VA_ARGS__), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* make sure to include all global symbols */
 #include "nolibc.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index f042a6436b6b..54bf91847af3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ int run_syscall(int min, int max)
 		CASE_TEST(waitpid_child);     EXPECT_SYSER(1, waitpid(getpid(), &tmp, WNOHANG), -1, ECHILD); break;
 		CASE_TEST(write_badf);        EXPECT_SYSER(1, write(-1, &tmp, 1), -1, EBADF); break;
 		CASE_TEST(write_zero);        EXPECT_SYSZR(1, write(1, &tmp, 0)); break;
+		CASE_TEST(syscall_noargs);    EXPECT_SYSEQ(1, syscall(__NR_getpid), getpid()); break;
+		CASE_TEST(syscall_args);      EXPECT_SYSER(1, syscall(__NR_fstat, 0, NULL), -1, EFAULT); break;
 		case __LINE__:
 			return ret; /* must be last */
 		/* note: do not set any defaults so as to permit holes above */