diff --git a/ndk/sources/android/libportable/Android.mk b/ndk/sources/android/libportable/Android.mk
index c118c1af6..a7937da7d 100644
--- a/ndk/sources/android/libportable/Android.mk
+++ b/ndk/sources/android/libportable/Android.mk
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS := -I $(LOCAL_PATH)/common/include
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),mips)
 libportable_arch_src_files += \
-			arch-mips/errno.c \
+			arch-mips/clone.c \
 			arch-mips/epoll.c \
+			arch-mips/errno.c \
 			arch-mips/fcntl.c \
 			arch-mips/ioctl.c \
 			arch-mips/mmap.c \
diff --git a/ndk/sources/android/libportable/arch-mips/clone.c b/ndk/sources/android/libportable/arch-mips/clone.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57803a291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ndk/sources/android/libportable/arch-mips/clone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <signal_portable.h>
+#include <portability.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define PORTABLE_TAG "clone_portable"
+#include <log_portable.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * This function maps the clone function call defined in:
+ *      $TOP/bionic/libc/bionic/bionic_clone.c
+ *
+ * which calls the __bionic_clone() system call which is defined in:
+ *      $TOP/bionic/libc/unistd/arch-mips/bionic/clone.S
+ *
+ * We have to map the low byte of the 'flags' parameter which
+ * contains the number of the termination signal sent to the
+ * parent when the child dies.
+ *
+ * Note that if this signal is specified as anything other than
+ * SIGCHLD, then the parent process must specify the __WALL or
+ * __WCLONE options when waiting for the child with wait(2).
+ *
+ * If no signal is specified, then the parent process is not
+ * signaled when the child terminates.
+ */
+int clone_portable(int (*fn)(void *), void *child_stack, int port_flags, void *arg, ...)
+{
+    va_list     args;
+    int         ret;
+    int         mips_flags;
+    void        *new_tls = NULL;
+    int         *child_tidptr = NULL;
+    int         *parent_tidptr = NULL;
+    int         mips_term_signum;
+    char        *mips_term_signame;
+    int         portable_term_signum;
+    char        *portable_term_signame;
+
+    ALOGV(" ");
+    ALOGV("%s(fn:%p, child_stack:%p, port_flags:0x%x, arg:%p, ...) {", __func__,
+              fn,    child_stack,    port_flags,      arg);
+
+    /* Extract optional parameters - they are cumulative */
+    va_start(args, arg);
+    if (port_flags & (CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID)) {
+        parent_tidptr = va_arg(args, int*);
+    }
+    if (port_flags & (CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID)) {
+        new_tls = va_arg(args, void*);
+    }
+    if (port_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) {
+        child_tidptr = va_arg(args, int*);
+    }
+    va_end(args);
+
+    /*
+     * Map the LSB of the flags as explained above.
+     */
+    portable_term_signum = port_flags & 0xFF;
+    if (portable_term_signum == 0) {
+        mips_flags = port_flags;
+    } else {
+        portable_term_signame = map_portable_signum_to_name(portable_term_signum);
+        mips_term_signum = map_portable_signum_to_mips(portable_term_signum);
+        mips_term_signame = map_mips_signum_to_name(mips_term_signum);
+        mips_flags = (port_flags & ~0xFF) | (mips_term_signum & 0xFF);
+    }
+
+    ret = clone(fn, child_stack, mips_flags, arg, parent_tidptr,
+                new_tls, child_tidptr);
+
+    ALOGV("%s: return(ret:%d); }", __func__, ret);
+    return(ret);
+}