diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8cf52cf2..1eeb2325 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tools/make_initrd
 tools/scc_bootinfo.asm
 newlib/examples/hello
 newlib/examples/memtest
+newlib/examples/fork
 newlib/examples/jacobi
 newlib/examples/echo
 newlib/examples/tests
diff --git a/apps/memory.c b/apps/memory.c
index f6945e59..1926db2b 100644
--- a/apps/memory.c
+++ b/apps/memory.c
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ int memory(void* arg)
 	malloc();
 
 	kprintf("======== USER: test userspace...\n");
-	char* argv[] = {"/bin/memtest", "17", "kb", "5", NULL};
+	char* argv[] = {"/bin/fork", NULL};
 	ret = create_user_task(&id, argv[0], argv);
-	test(!ret, "calling %s %s %s %s with id = %i:\n", argv[0], argv[1], argv[2], argv[3], id);
+	test(!ret, "calling %s with id = %i, ret = %i", argv[0], id, ret);
 	wait(&ret);
 	test(!ret, "userspace task returned with code = %d", ret);
 
diff --git a/newlib/examples/Makefile b/newlib/examples/Makefile
index 4bde5a44..972ed00c 100644
--- a/newlib/examples/Makefile
+++ b/newlib/examples/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LDFLAGS =
 
 default: all
 	
-all: memtest hello tests jacobi mshell server client rlogind
+all: memtest hello tests jacobi mshell server client rlogind fork
 
 jacobi: jacobi.o
 	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)  $< -lm
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ memtest: memtest.o
 	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
 	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
 	chmod a-x $@.sym
-	
+
+fork: fork.o
+	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $<
+	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
+	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(STRIP_DEBUG) $@
+	chmod a-x $@.sym
+
 tests: tests.o
 	$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -T link.ld -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $<
 	$(OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET) $(KEEP_DEBUG) $@ $@.sym
diff --git a/newlib/examples/fork.c b/newlib/examples/fork.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daa4047d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/examples/fork.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Steffen Vogel, Chair for Operating Systems,
+ *                               RWTH Aachen University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This file is part of MetalSVM.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	printf("======== USER: test forking...\n");
+
+	int id = fork();
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (id < 0) {
+		perror(" PARENT: fork");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+	else if (id == 0) {
+		printf(" CHILD:   This is the child. My pid is %u\n", getpid());
+		printf(" CHILD:   Running memtest...\n");
+
+		const char *argv[] = {"/bin/memtest", "512", "kb", "10", NULL};
+		execve(argv[0], argv, NULL);
+		perror(" CHILD:   exec() returned: ");
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+	else {
+		printf(" PARENT:  Here is the parent. My pid is %u\n", getpid());
+
+		wait(&ret);
+		printf(" PARENT:  My child returned with code %i...\n", ret);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}