diff --git a/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h b/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
index 79ce5c9e6..ea43d3cb6 100644
--- a/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
+++ b/repos/gems/include/gems/vfs.h
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ struct Genode::Directory : Noncopyable, Interface
 
 			return Path(Genode::Cstring(buf, out_count));
 		}
+
+		void unlink(Path const &rel_path)
+		{
+			_fs.unlink(join(_path, rel_path).string());
+		}
 };