diff --git a/dot.mkshrc b/dot.mkshrc
index d9a71d1..bd9b3ea 100644
--- a/dot.mkshrc
+++ b/dot.mkshrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # $Id$
-# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/dot.mkshrc,v 1.60 2011/05/29 02:18:49 tg Exp $
+# $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/dot.mkshrc,v 1.61 2011/07/03 23:26:47 tg Exp $
 #-
 # Copyright (c) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
 #	Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@ function Lstripcom {
 	done; }
 }
 
+# give MidnightBSD's laffer1 a bit of csh feeling
+function setenv {
+	eval export $1'="$2"'
+}
+
 : place customisations below this line
 
 for p in ~/.etc/bin ~/bin; do