diff --git a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
index 1c74b3f64..05771c69c 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
+++ b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
@@ -3718,6 +3718,7 @@
 ./usr/man/man3/getlastlogx.3				minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man3/getline.3				minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man3/getloadavg.3				minix-sys
+./usr/man/man3/getmaxpartitions.3			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man3/getmaxx.3				minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man3/getmaxy.3				minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man3/getmaxyx.3				minix-sys
diff --git a/lib/libutil/Makefile b/lib/libutil/Makefile
index 7ee6eb2fa..9524703ed 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libutil/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ SRCS+=	efun.c \
 
 MAN=	efun.3 \
 	getmntopts.3 \
-	getfsspecname.3 \
+	getmaxpartitions.3 getfsspecname.3 \
 	login.3 login_cap.3 loginx.3 \
 	opendisk.3 openpty.3 parsedate.3 pidfile.3 pidlock.3 \
 	pw_getconf.3 pw_init.3 pw_lock.3 secure_path.3 \
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ MAN=	efun.3 \
 	snprintb.3 sockaddr_snprintf.3 stat_flags.3 strpct.3 ttyaction.3 \
 	ttymsg.3 util.3
 
+.if defined(__MINIX)
+.include "${NETBSDSRCDIR}/minix/lib/libutil/Makefile.inc"
+.endif
+
 YPREFIX=__pd
 .PATH:	${NETBSDSRCDIR}/lib/libc/gen
 
diff --git a/minix/lib/libutil/Makefile.inc b/minix/lib/libutil/Makefile.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9de835068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minix/lib/libutil/Makefile.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.PATH:	${NETBSDSRCDIR}/minix/lib/libutil
+
+SRCS+= 	getmaxpartitions.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/minix/lib/libutil/getmaxpartitions.c b/minix/lib/libutil/getmaxpartitions.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d15420423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minix/lib/libutil/getmaxpartitions.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <machine/partition.h>
+
+int getmaxpartitions(void)
+{
+	return NR_PARTITIONS;
+}