diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 37f97ce5da..af41ed109d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "A Rust library to access raw Redox system calls"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Jeremy Soller <jackpot51@gmail.com>"]
diff --git a/src/flag.rs b/src/flag.rs
index 458ef23d74..80d849180a 100644
--- a/src/flag.rs
+++ b/src/flag.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,23 @@ impl ProcSchemeVerb {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum FileTableVerb {
+    Close = 1,
+    Dup2 = 2,
+    CloseCloExec = 3,
+}
+impl FileTableVerb {
+    pub fn try_from_raw(value: u8) -> Option<Self> {
+        Some(match value {
+            1 => Self::Close,
+            2 => Self::Dup2,
+            3 => Self::CloseCloExec,
+            _ => return None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[repr(usize)]
 pub enum SchemeSocketCall {