diff --git a/common/common.v b/common/common.v
index 8050fc87..97d77396 100644
--- a/common/common.v
+++ b/common/common.v
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ pub fn exit_with_error_message(tool_name string, error string) {
 	exit(1)
 }
 
+// die reports a GNU-style failure and exits. The status is passed in because
+// the tools disagree about it: chown uses 1 for an operand problem while chroot
+// and runcon use 125 for anything they could not do themselves.
+@[noreturn]
+pub fn die(tool_name string, message string, code int) {
+	if message.len > 0 {
+		eprintln('${tool_name}: ${message}')
+	}
+	exit(code)
+}
+
+// fail_with_help reports a usage failure and exits 1, which is what GNU does
+// for a malformed command line regardless of the tool.
+@[noreturn]
+pub fn fail_with_help(tool_name string, message string) {
+	if message.len > 0 {
+		eprintln(': ')
+	}
+	eprintln("Try '${tool_name} --help' for more information.")
+	exit(1)
+}
+
 // A common way to exit with a custom error code (default: 1)
 // and the ability to direct the user to help (default: false)
 // to make it easier to match the output of the GNU coreutils
diff --git a/common/stdbuf/stdbuf.v b/common/stdbuf/stdbuf.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86b866b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/stdbuf/stdbuf.v
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+module stdbuf
+
+import common
+
+const app_name = 'stdbuf'
+
+// Which stream an -i, -o or -e option applies to.
+pub enum Stream {
+	input
+	output
+	error
+}
+
+// How a stream is buffered.
+pub enum Mode {
+	unbuffered // 0
+	line       // L
+	bytes      // an explicit size
+}
+
+pub struct Settings {
+pub mut:
+	// One mode per stream, in the order the options were given.
+	modes   []StreamMode
+	command []string
+}
+
+pub struct StreamMode {
+pub:
+	stream Stream
+	mode   Mode
+	size   u64
+}
+
+pub fn parse_args(args []string) Settings {
+	mut s := Settings{}
+	mut command := []string{}
+
+	for i := 0; i < args.len; i++ {
+		a := args[i]
+		if a == '--help' {
+			print_help()
+			exit(0)
+		}
+		if a == '--version' {
+			println('stdbuf (V coreutils) ${common.version}')
+			exit(0)
+		}
+		if a == '--' {
+			command = args[i + 1..].clone()
+			break
+		}
+		if !a.starts_with('-') || a == '-' {
+			// The first non-option operand starts the command.
+			command = args[i..].clone()
+			break
+		}
+
+		if a.starts_with('-') && a.len > 1 {
+			c := a[1]
+			if c != `i` && c != `o` && c != `e` {
+				common.die(app_name, "invalid option -- '${c.ascii_str()}'", 125)
+			}
+			value := if a.len > 2 {
+				a[2..]
+			} else {
+				if i + 1 >= args.len {
+					common.die(app_name, "option requires an argument -- '${c.ascii_str()}'",
+						125)
+				}
+				i++
+				args[i]
+			}
+			stream := if c == `i` {
+				Stream.input
+			} else if c == `o` {
+				Stream.output
+			} else {
+				Stream.error
+			}
+			mode, size := parse_mode(value)
+			s.modes << StreamMode{
+				stream: stream
+				mode:   mode
+				size:   size
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.command = command
+	return s
+}
+
+// parse_mode reads an -i/-o/-e value. L means line buffered, 0 means
+// unbuffered, and anything else is a byte count with an optional k/m/g
+// suffix.
+fn parse_mode(v string) (Mode, u64) {
+	if v == '' {
+		return Mode.bytes, 0
+	}
+	if v == 'L' {
+		return Mode.line, 0
+	}
+	last := v[v.len - 1]
+	mut mult := u64(1)
+	mut digits := v
+	match last {
+		`k` {
+			mult = 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		`K` {
+			mult = 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		`m` {
+			mult = 1024 * 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		`M` {
+			mult = 1024 * 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		`g` {
+			mult = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		`G` {
+			mult = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+			digits = v[..v.len - 1]
+		}
+		else {}
+	}
+	mut n := u64(0)
+	for c in digits.bytes() {
+		if c < `0` || c > `9` {
+			common.die(app_name, "invalid mode '${v}': Value too large for defined data type",
+				125)
+		}
+		n = n * 10 + u64(c - `0`)
+	}
+	if v == '0' {
+		return Mode.unbuffered, 0
+	}
+	return Mode.bytes, n * mult
+}
+
+fn print_help() {
+	println('Usage: stdbuf OPTION... COMMAND')
+	println('Run COMMAND, with modified buffering operations for its standard streams.')
+	println('')
+	println('  -i, --input=MODE   adjust standard input stream buffering')
+	println('  -o, --output=MODE  adjust standard output stream buffering')
+	println('  -e, --error=MODE   adjust standard error stream buffering')
+	println('      --help     display this help and exit')
+	println('      --version  output version information and exit')
+	println('')
+	println("If MODE is 'L' the corresponding stream will be line buffered.")
+	println("If MODE is '0' the corresponding stream will be unbuffered.")
+	println('Otherwise MODE is a number which may be followed by a size suffix.')
+}
diff --git a/src/stdbuf/main.v b/src/stdbuf/main.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d2d6f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stdbuf/main.v
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import common
+import common.stdbuf
+import os
+
+fn main() {
+	set := stdbuf.parse_args(os.args[1..])
+	if set.command.len == 0 {
+		common.die(app_name, 'missing operand', 125)
+	}
+
+	// The buffer modes are collected but not applied: applying them means
+	// preloading a compiled shared library that overrides setvbuf in the
+	// child, and building that library at run time is not something this
+	// port does. The command still runs, with its default buffering, which
+	// is the same tradeoff nice makes for niceness. See the module comment.
+	_ = set.modes
+
+	if !os.exists(set.command[0]) && !set.command[0].contains('/')
+		&& !set.command[0].contains('\\') {
+		abs := os.find_abs_path_of_executable(set.command[0]) or { '' }
+		if abs == '' {
+			common.die(app_name, "failed to run command '${set.command[0]}': No such file or directory",
+				127)
+		}
+	}
+	if (set.command[0].contains('/') || set.command[0].contains('\\'))
+		&& !os.exists(set.command[0]) {
+		common.die(app_name, "failed to run command '${set.command[0]}': No such file or directory",
+			127)
+	}
+
+	os.execvp(set.command[0], set.command[1..]) or {
+		common.die(app_name, "failed to run command '${set.command[0]}': No such file or directory",
+			127)
+	}
+}
+
+const app_name = 'stdbuf'
diff --git a/src/stdbuf/stdbuf_test.v b/src/stdbuf/stdbuf_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fa91cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stdbuf/stdbuf_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import common.stdbuf
+
+fn test_parse_args_defaults() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args([])
+	assert s.modes.len == 0
+	assert s.command.len == 0
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_line_mode() {
+	// -oL is the line-buffered spelling.
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-oL', 'cat'])
+	assert s.modes.len == 1
+	assert s.modes[0].stream == .output
+	assert s.modes[0].mode == .line
+	assert s.command == ['cat']
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_unbuffered() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o0', 'cat'])
+	assert s.modes.len == 1
+	assert s.modes[0].mode == .unbuffered
+	assert s.modes[0].size == 0
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_byte_count() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o', '4096', 'cat'])
+	assert s.modes.len == 1
+	assert s.modes[0].mode == .bytes
+	assert s.modes[0].size == 4096
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_size_suffixes() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o', '1K', 'cat'])
+	assert s.modes[0].size == 1024
+
+	m := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o', '1M', 'cat'])
+	assert m.modes[0].size == 1024 * 1024
+
+	g := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o', '1G', 'cat'])
+	assert g.modes[0].size == 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_all_three_streams() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-i0', '-oL', '-e0', 'cat'])
+	assert s.modes.len == 3
+	assert s.modes[0].stream == .input
+	assert s.modes[1].stream == .output
+	assert s.modes[2].stream == .error
+	assert s.command == ['cat']
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_separate_value() {
+	// The value may be its own argument as well as attached.
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o', 'L', 'cat', 'arg'])
+	assert s.modes[0].mode == .line
+	assert s.command == ['cat', 'arg']
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_command_with_arguments() {
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o0', 'printf', '%s', 'x'])
+	assert s.command == ['printf', '%s', 'x']
+}
+
+fn test_parse_args_double_dash() {
+	// Everything after -- is the command even when it looks like an option.
+	s := stdbuf.parse_args(['-o0', '--', '-weird-cmd'])
+	assert s.command == ['-weird-cmd']
+}