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diff --git a/guix/build/syscalls.scm b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
index 52439afd44..2def2a108f 100644
--- a/guix/build/syscalls.scm
+++ b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
             file-system-fragment-size
             file-system-mount-flags
             statfs
+            free-disk-space
 
             processes
             mkdtemp!
@@ -697,6 +698,12 @@ mounted at FILE."
                    (list file (strerror err))
                    (list err)))))))
 
+(define (free-disk-space file)
+  "Return the free disk space, in bytes, on the file system that hosts FILE."
+  (let ((fs (statfs file)))
+    (* (file-system-block-size fs)
+       (file-system-blocks-available fs))))
+
 
 ;;;
 ;;; Containers.