diff --git a/src/header/wchar/lookaheadreader.rs b/src/header/wchar/lookaheadreader.rs
index ddf36a63f5..91157d771e 100644
--- a/src/header/wchar/lookaheadreader.rs
+++ b/src/header/wchar/lookaheadreader.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct LookAheadBuffer {
     pos: isize,
     look_ahead: isize,
 }
+
 impl LookAheadBuffer {
     fn look_ahead(&mut self) -> Result<Option<wint_t>, i32> {
         let wchar = unsafe { *self.buf.offset(self.look_ahead) };
@@ -34,20 +35,72 @@ impl From<*const wint_t> for LookAheadBuffer {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct LookAheadReader(LookAheadBuffer);
+struct LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    f: &'a mut FILE,
+    look_ahead: i64,
+}
 
-impl LookAheadReader {
+impl<'a> LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    fn look_ahead(&mut self) -> Result<Option<wint_t>, i32> {
+        let buf = &mut [0];
+        let seek = unsafe { ftell_locked(self.f) };
+        unsafe { fseek_locked(self.f, self.look_ahead as off_t, SEEK_SET) };
+        let ret = match self.f.read(buf) {
+            Ok(0) => Ok(None),
+            Ok(_) => Ok(Some(buf[0])),
+            Err(_) => Err(-1),
+        };
+        unsafe { fseek_locked(self.f, seek, SEEK_SET) };
+        self.look_ahead += 1;
+
+        // TODO: This is a 8 bit char, wee need to read a wchar
+        ret.map(|c| c.map(wint_t::from))
+    }
+
+    fn commit(&mut self) {
+        unsafe { fseek_locked(self.f, self.look_ahead as off_t, SEEK_SET) };
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a mut FILE> for LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    fn from(f: &'a mut FILE) -> LookAheadFile<'a> {
+        let look_ahead = unsafe { ftell_locked(f) } as i64;
+        LookAheadFile { f, look_ahead }
+    }
+}
+
+enum LookAheadReaderEnum<'a> {
+    FILE(LookAheadFile<'a>),
+    // (buffer, location)
+    BUFFER(LookAheadBuffer),
+}
+
+// pub struct LookAheadReader(LookAheadBuffer);
+pub struct LookAheadReader<'a>(LookAheadReaderEnum<'a>);
+
+impl LookAheadReader<'_> {
     pub fn lookahead1(&mut self) -> Result<Option<wint_t>, i32> {
-        self.0.look_ahead()
+        match &mut self.0 {
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f) => f.look_ahead(),
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(b) => b.look_ahead(),
+        }
     }
-
     pub fn commit(&mut self) {
-        self.0.commit()
+        match &mut self.0 {
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f) => f.commit(),
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(b) => b.commit(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
-impl From<*const wint_t> for LookAheadReader {
-    fn from(buff: *const wint_t) -> LookAheadReader {
-        LookAheadReader(buff.into())
+impl<'a> From<&'a mut FILE> for LookAheadReader<'a> {
+    fn from(f: &'a mut FILE) -> LookAheadReader {
+        LookAheadReader(LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f.into()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<*const wint_t> for LookAheadReader<'a> {
+    fn from(buff: *const wint_t) -> LookAheadReader<'a> {
+        LookAheadReader(LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(buff.into()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/header/wchar/mod.rs b/src/header/wchar/mod.rs
index ff3102aa25..3d277241ec 100644
--- a/src/header/wchar/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/wchar/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
         stdlib::{malloc, MB_CUR_MAX, MB_LEN_MAX},
         string,
         time::*,
+        wchar::lookaheadreader::LookAheadReader,
         wctype::*,
     },
     iter::{NulTerminated, NulTerminatedInclusive},
@@ -1006,9 +1007,16 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn wmemset(ws: *mut wchar_t, wc: wchar_t, n: size_t) -> *m
     ws
 }
 
-// #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn wscanf(format: *const wchar_t, ap: va_list) -> c_int {
-    unimplemented!();
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn wscanf(format: *const wchar_t, ap: va_list) -> c_int {
+    let mut file = (*stdin).lock();
+    if let Err(_) = file.try_set_byte_orientation_unlocked() {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    let f: &mut FILE = &mut *file;
+    let reader: LookAheadReader = f.into();
+    wscanf::scanf(reader, format, ap)
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/tests/wchar/wscanf.c b/tests/wchar/wscanf.c
index c74c4ded86..6d362cc472 100644
--- a/tests/wchar/wscanf.c
+++ b/tests/wchar/wscanf.c
@@ -92,5 +92,9 @@ int main ()
 
     wprintf(L"%d \"%s\" \"%s\" \"%s\" \"%s\"\n", ret, &protobuf, &slashbuf, &hostbuf, &pathbuf);
 
+      // wchar_t str [80];
+      // wprintf(L"Enter your family name: ");
+      // wscanf(L"%ls",str);
+
   return 0;
 }