diff --git a/include/socks/sched.h b/include/socks/sched.h
index 393f3bf..60d3933 100644
--- a/include/socks/sched.h
+++ b/include/socks/sched.h
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ static inline void task_unlock_irqrestore(struct task *task, unsigned long flags
 extern struct thread *thread_alloc(void);
 extern kern_status_t thread_init(struct thread *thr, uintptr_t ip);
 extern int thread_priority(struct thread *thr);
+extern void idle(void);
+
+extern struct thread *create_idle_thread(void);
 
 extern void add_timer(struct timer *timer);
 extern void remove_timer(struct timer *timer);
diff --git a/sched/task.c b/sched/task.c
index d979334..413c41c 100644
--- a/sched/task.c
+++ b/sched/task.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct task *idle_task(void)
 	return __idle_task;
 }
 
-static void __idle_function(void)
+void idle(void)
 {
 	while (1) {
 		ml_cpu_pause();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ kern_status_t setup_idle_task(void)
 
 	idle_thread->tr_id = 0;
 	idle_thread->tr_parent = __idle_task;
-	thread_init(idle_thread, (uintptr_t)__idle_function);
+	thread_init(idle_thread, (uintptr_t)idle);
 
 	queue_push_back(&__idle_task->t_threads, &idle_thread->tr_threads);
 
diff --git a/sched/thread.c b/sched/thread.c
index 01b7ef4..a293198 100644
--- a/sched/thread.c
+++ b/sched/thread.c
@@ -70,3 +70,21 @@ int thread_priority(struct thread *thr)
 {
 	return thr->tr_prio;
 }
+
+struct thread *create_idle_thread(void)
+{
+	struct task *idle = idle_task();
+
+	struct thread *thr = thread_alloc();
+
+	thr->tr_prio = PRIO_NORMAL;
+	thr->tr_state = THREAD_READY;
+	thr->tr_quantum_target = default_quantum();
+
+	unsigned long flags;
+	task_lock_irqsave(idle, &flags);
+	queue_push_back(&idle->t_threads, &thr->tr_threads);
+	task_unlock_irqrestore(idle, flags);
+
+	return thr;
+}