diff --git a/bsd-user/bsd-proc.c b/bsd-user/bsd-proc.c
index aa386ff482..19f6efe1f7 100644
--- a/bsd-user/bsd-proc.c
+++ b/bsd-user/bsd-proc.c
@@ -102,3 +102,20 @@ abi_long host_to_target_wrusage(abi_ulong target_addr,
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * wait status conversion.
+ *
+ * Map host to target signal numbers for the wait family of syscalls.
+ * Assume all other status bits are the same.
+ */
+int host_to_target_waitstatus(int status)
+{
+    if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+        return host_to_target_signal(WTERMSIG(status)) | (status & ~0x7f);
+    }
+    if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
+        return (host_to_target_signal(WSTOPSIG(status)) << 8) | (status & 0xff);
+    }
+    return status;
+}
+