diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec2f1b2..7340d1e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ set(SOURCES
   src/libc/stdio/getc.c
   src/libc/stdio/getchar.c
   src/libc/stdio/gets.c
+  src/libc/stdio/getline.c
+  src/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
   src/libc/stdio/perror.c
   src/libc/stdio/printf.c
   src/libc/stdio/printf/format_fixed.c
diff --git a/include/stdio.h b/include/stdio.h
index 7d56567..2a090bd 100644
--- a/include/stdio.h
+++ b/include/stdio.h
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ extern int getchar(void);
 /* (DEPRECATED; use fgets() instead) Read a string from stdin. */
 extern char *gets(char *__s);
 
+/*get a line from stream*/
+extern ssize_t getline(char **restrict __lineptr, size_t *restrict __n, FILE *restrict __fp);
+
+/*like getline but with 'delim' instead of \n*/
+extern ssize_t getdelim(char **restrict __lineptr, size_t *restrict __n, int __delim, FILE *restrict __fp);
+
 extern int putc(int __c, FILE *__fp);
 #define putc fputc
 
diff --git a/src/libc/stdio/getdelim.c b/src/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2b5014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libc/stdio/getdelim.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "fileutil.h"
+
+ssize_t getdelim(char **restrict lineptr, size_t *restrict n, int delim, FILE *restrict fp)
+{
+	ssize_t cur = 0;
+	char *new_lineptr = NULL;
+	size_t new_n;
+
+	if(lineptr == NULL || n == NULL || fp == NULL)
+	{
+		errno=EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if(*lineptr == NULL)
+	{
+		*n = 80;
+		*lineptr = (char *) malloc(*n);
+		if(*lineptr==NULL) return -1;
+	}
+
+	do
+	{
+		ssize_t read_size = __fp_fread2(fp, *lineptr + cur, *n - cur - 1, delim);
+		if(read_size <= 0) return -1;
+		cur += read_size;
+		if((*lineptr)[cur - 1] != delim && !feof(fp))
+		{
+			new_n = *n * 2;
+			new_lineptr = (char *) realloc(*lineptr, new_n);
+			if(new_lineptr == NULL) return -1;
+			*lineptr = new_lineptr;
+			*n = new_n;
+		}
+	}while((*lineptr)[cur-1] != delim && !feof(fp));
+
+	(*lineptr)[cur] = '\0';
+
+	if(feof(fp) && (*lineptr)[cur-1] != delim)
+	{
+		return -1;
+	}else{
+		return cur;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/libc/stdio/getline.c b/src/libc/stdio/getline.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0862bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libc/stdio/getline.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+ssize_t getline(char **restrict lineptr, size_t *restrict n, FILE *restrict fp)
+{
+	return getdelim(lineptr, n, '\n', fp);
+}