diff --git a/include/client/gkfs_functions.hpp b/include/client/gkfs_functions.hpp
index e83f33109375b54cb73a2566c0de0cd016171865..b7157ae4550d22092baa7ba16c1e61efe2d94376 100644
--- a/include/client/gkfs_functions.hpp
+++ b/include/client/gkfs_functions.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ gkfs_open(const std::string& path, mode_t mode, int flags);
 int
 gkfs_create(const std::string& path, mode_t mode);
 
+int
+gkfs_libcremove(const std::string& path);
+
 int
 gkfs_remove(const std::string& path);
 
diff --git a/include/client/user_functions.hpp b/include/client/user_functions.hpp
index 32d9a0c496279f66890571f13f81848ddcadd65a..060d628c6371a4b56a0202bcdeb8683961ee8868 100644
--- a/include/client/user_functions.hpp
+++ b/include/client/user_functions.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ gkfs_open(const std::string& path, mode_t mode, int flags);
 int
 gkfs_create(const std::string& path, mode_t mode);
 
+int
+gkfs_libcremove(const std::string& path);
 int
 gkfs_remove(const std::string& path);
 int
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ int
 gkfs_statx(int dirfs, const std::string& path, int flags, unsigned int mask,
            struct statx* buf, bool follow_links = true);
 
+int
+gkfs_libcremove(const std::string& path);
 int
 gkfs_remove(const std::string& path);
 
diff --git a/src/client/gkfs_functions.cpp b/src/client/gkfs_functions.cpp
index 414d5d8f803a89b3691c27d7315cd640d23b7bc9..62202b30fa7b7b6b3c0e4aa5c142f19afca026f1 100644
--- a/src/client/gkfs_functions.cpp
+++ b/src/client/gkfs_functions.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,24 @@ gkfs_create(const std::string& path, mode_t mode) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gkfs wrapper for remove() libc call
+ * removes files with unlink(), see gkfs_remove()
+ * and directories with rmdir(), see gkfs_rmdir()
+ */
+int
+gkfs_libcremove(const std::string& path) {
+    auto md = gkfs::utils::get_metadata(path);
+    if(!md) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if(S_ISDIR(md->mode())) {
+        return gkfs_rmdir(path);
+    } else {
+        return gkfs_remove(path);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * gkfs wrapper for unlink() system calls
  * errno may be set
diff --git a/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp b/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
index 68862c9d2d8b51a18f73ad778749cdf9fda5b1f9..314e245de65a0f673bbccc3c5cd950f97a378f3e 100644
--- a/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
+++ b/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ DLSYM_WRAPPER(int, renameat2,
               (int olddirfd, const char* oldpath, int newdirfd,
                const char* newpath, unsigned int flags),
               (olddirfd, oldpath, newdirfd, newpath, flags), "renameat2")
-DLSYM_WRAPPER(int, remove, (char* path), (path), "remove")
+DLSYM_WRAPPER(int, remove, (const char* path), (path), "remove")
 DLSYM_WRAPPER(int, unlink, (const char* path), (path), "unlink")
 DLSYM_WRAPPER(DIR*, opendir, (const char* dirname), (dirname), "opendir")
 DLSYM_WRAPPER(DIR*, opendir64, (const char* dirname), (dirname), "opendir64")
@@ -902,6 +902,14 @@ pwrite64(int fd, const void* buf, size_t count, off64_t offset) {
     GKFS_FALLBACK(pwrite64, fd, buf, count, offset);
 }
 
+int
+remove(const char* path) {
+    initializeGekko();
+
+    GKFS_PATH_OPERATION1(libcremove, AT_FDCWD, path)
+    GKFS_FALLBACK(remove, path);
+}
+
 int
 unlink(const char* path) {
     initializeGekko();