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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
index 237818c08b..600303d7e1 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ MODULES= \
 	array \
 	base64 \
 	beam_lib \
+	binary \
 	c \
 	calendar \
 	dets \
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2774f8c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+%%
+%% %CopyrightBegin%
+%%
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2009. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% %CopyrightEnd%
+%%
+-module(binary).
+%%
+%% The following functions implemented as BIF's
+%%  binary:match_compile/1
+%%  binary:match/3
+%% XXX:PaN more to come...
+
+-export([first/1,first/2,last/1,last/2,nth/2,extract/3]).
+
+first(<<F:1/binary,_/binary>>) ->
+    F;
+first(_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+first(N,Bin) when is_integer(N), N >= 0 ->
+    case Bin of
+	<<F:N/binary,_/binary>> ->
+	    F;
+	_ ->
+	    erlang:error(badarg)
+    end;
+first(_,_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+last(<<>>) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg);
+last(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) ->
+    Sz = byte_size(Bin) - 1,
+    <<_:Sz/binary,L:1/binary>> = Bin,
+    L;
+last(_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+last(N,Bin) when is_integer(N), N >= 0, is_binary(Bin) ->
+    Sz = byte_size(Bin) - N,
+    case Bin of
+	<<_:Sz/binary,L:N/binary>> ->
+	    L;
+	_ ->
+	    erlang:error(badarg)
+    end;
+last(_,_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+
+nth(N, Bin) when is_integer(N), N > 0 ->
+    M = N - 1,
+    case Bin of
+	<<_:M/binary,V:1/binary,_/binary>> ->
+	    V;
+	_ ->
+	    erlang:error(badarg)
+    end;
+nth(_,_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).
+
+extract(N,Size,Bin) when is_integer(N), is_integer(Size), is_binary(Bin) ->
+    M = N - 1,
+    case Bin of
+	<<_:M/binary,V:Size/binary,_/binary>> ->
+	    V;
+	_ ->
+	    erlang:error(badarg)
+    end;
+extract(_,_,_) ->
+    erlang:error(badarg).