diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/page64.c b/arch/x86/mm/page64.c
index 00907459..25efb01a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/page64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/page64.c
@@ -101,6 +101,35 @@ static inline size_t map_to_virt(size_t addr)
 {
 	return canonicalize(addr << (map_to_level(addr) * PAGE_MAP_SHIFT));
 }
+int create_page_map(task_t* task, int copy)
+{
+	size_t phys;
+	uint32_t ret;
+
+	// fixed mapping for paging structures
+	page_map_t *current = (page_map_t*) PAGE_PML4;
+	page_map_t *new = (page_map_t*) (PAGE_PML4 - 0x1000);
+
+	// get new pml4 table
+	phys = get_page();
+	if (!phys) return -ENOMEM;
+
+	current->entries[PAGE_MAP_ENTRIES-2] = phys|KERN_TABLE;
+	new->entries[PAGE_MAP_ENTRIES-1] = phys|KERN_TABLE;
+
+	tlb_flush(); // ouch :(
+
+	spinlock_lock(&kslock);
+	ret = copy_page_map(current, new, copy);
+	spinlock_unlock(&kslock);
+
+	new->entries[PAGE_MAP_ENTRIES-1] = phys|KERN_TABLE;
+	current->entries[PAGE_MAP_ENTRIES-2] = 0;
+
+	task->page_map = (page_map_t*) phys;
+
+	kprintf("create_page_map: allocated %u page tables\n", ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int drop_page_map(void)