diff --git a/src/sys/ptrace.rs b/src/sys/ptrace.rs
index 4bb7e06f60..e676695510 100644
--- a/src/sys/ptrace.rs
+++ b/src/sys/ptrace.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::{mem, ptr};
 use {Error, Result};
 use errno::Errno;
-use libc::{self, c_void, c_long, siginfo_t};
+use libc::{self, c_void, c_long, siginfo_t, user_regs_struct};
 use ::unistd::Pid;
 use sys::signal::Signal;
 
@@ -229,6 +229,23 @@ pub fn getevent(pid: Pid) -> Result<c_long> {
     ptrace_get_data::<c_long>(Request::PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG, pid)
 }
 
+/// Gets tracee GP registers as described by `ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS,...)`
+pub fn getregs(pid: Pid) -> Result<user_regs_struct> {
+    ptrace_get_data::<user_regs_struct>(Request::PTRACE_GETREGS, pid)
+}
+
+/// Sets tracee GP registers as described by `ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGS,...)`
+pub fn setregs(pid: Pid, regs: &user_regs_struct) -> Result<()> {
+    let res = unsafe {
+        libc::ptrace(Request::PTRACE_SETREGS as RequestType,
+                     libc::pid_t::from(pid),
+                     ptr::null_mut::<c_void>(),
+                     regs as *const _ as *const c_void)
+    };
+
+    Errno::result(res).map(|_| ())
+}
+
 /// Get siginfo as with `ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO,...)`
 pub fn getsiginfo(pid: Pid) -> Result<siginfo_t> {
     ptrace_get_data::<siginfo_t>(Request::PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, pid)