diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 017e0a8539e..01fe7e50ae0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -726,6 +726,17 @@ ErrorOr<pid_t> setsid()
     return rc;
 }
 
+ErrorOr<void> drop_privileges()
+{
+    auto gid_result = setgid(getgid());
+    auto uid_result = setuid(getuid());
+
+    if (gid_result.is_error() || uid_result.is_error())
+        return Error::from_string_literal("Failed to drop privileges");
+
+    return {};
+}
+
 ErrorOr<bool> isatty(int fd)
 {
     int rc = ::isatty(fd);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 1ac96cf76c2..b8bf14eae4b 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> setgid(gid_t);
 ErrorOr<void> setegid(gid_t);
 ErrorOr<void> setpgid(pid_t pid, pid_t pgid);
 ErrorOr<pid_t> setsid();
+ErrorOr<void> drop_privileges();
 ErrorOr<bool> isatty(int fd);
 ErrorOr<void> symlink(StringView target, StringView link_path);
 ErrorOr<void> mkdir(StringView path, mode_t);