diff --git a/kernel/src/Api/BuildNo.hpp b/kernel/src/Api/BuildNo.hpp
index 4969990..cd8a9ce 100644
--- a/kernel/src/Api/BuildNo.hpp
+++ b/kernel/src/Api/BuildNo.hpp
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define MONTAUK_BUILD_NUMBER 89
+#define MONTAUK_BUILD_NUMBER 90
diff --git a/programs/include/libc/unistd.h b/programs/include/libc/unistd.h
index 2217bbd..7190705 100644
--- a/programs/include/libc/unistd.h
+++ b/programs/include/libc/unistd.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int    read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 int    write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
 int    close(int fd);
 long   lseek(int fd, long offset, int whence);
+ssize_t pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
+ssize_t pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 int    chdir(const char *path);
 char  *getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);
 int    access(const char *path, int mode);
diff --git a/programs/lib/libc/libc.c b/programs/lib/libc/libc.c
index 536ca97..d6eb746 100644
--- a/programs/lib/libc/libc.c
+++ b/programs/lib/libc/libc.c
@@ -2047,6 +2047,24 @@ int write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Positioned I/O. SYS_READ/SYS_FWRITE already take an explicit file position,
+ * so these pass the caller's offset straight through and never consult or
+ * update _fd_pos -- unlike an lseek/read/lseek-back emulation, the shared file
+ * offset is genuinely left alone.
+ */
+ssize_t pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset) {
+    if (buf == NULL || offset < 0) return -1;
+    return (ssize_t)_zos_syscall4(SYS_READ, (long)fd, (long)buf,
+                                  (long)offset, (long)count);
+}
+
+ssize_t pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset) {
+    if (buf == NULL || offset < 0) return -1;
+    return (ssize_t)_zos_syscall4(SYS_FWRITE, (long)fd, (long)buf,
+                                  (long)offset, (long)count);
+}
+
 int close(int fd) {
     if (fd >= 0 && fd < _FD_POS_MAX)
         _fd_pos[fd] = 0;
diff --git a/programs/lib/libc/obj/libc.o b/programs/lib/libc/obj/libc.o
index 837de66..e8cb0ff 100644
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