diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 44a34072..2f0669e1 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@
 /* Mach/i386 specific: define if the `i386_set_gdt' RPC is available.  */
 #undef	HAVE_I386_SET_GDT
 
+/* Hurd specific; define if the `proc_getchildren_rusage' RPC is available.  */
+#undef HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE
+
 /* Define if inlined system calls are available.  */
 #undef HAVE_INLINED_SYSCALLS
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure
index 33d3e1fc..cd5af1cd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure
@@ -45,6 +45,180 @@ if test "x$libc_cv_hurd_version" != xok; then
   as_fn_error $? "Hurd headers not installed or too old" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
+
+
+
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for grep that handles long lines and -e" >&5
+printf %s "checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... " >&6; }
+if test ${ac_cv_path_GREP+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  if test -z "$GREP"; then
+  ac_path_GREP_found=false
+  # Loop through the user's path and test for each of PROGNAME-LIST
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    for ac_prog in grep ggrep
+   do
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+      ac_path_GREP="$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"
+      as_fn_executable_p "$ac_path_GREP" || continue
+# Check for GNU ac_path_GREP and select it if it is found.
+  # Check for GNU $ac_path_GREP
+case `"$ac_path_GREP" --version 2>&1` in
+*GNU*)
+  ac_cv_path_GREP="$ac_path_GREP" ac_path_GREP_found=:;;
+*)
+  ac_count=0
+  printf %s 0123456789 >"conftest.in"
+  while :
+  do
+    cat "conftest.in" "conftest.in" >"conftest.tmp"
+    mv "conftest.tmp" "conftest.in"
+    cp "conftest.in" "conftest.nl"
+    printf "%s\n" 'GREP' >> "conftest.nl"
+    "$ac_path_GREP" -e 'GREP$' -e '-(cannot match)-' < "conftest.nl" >"conftest.out" 2>/dev/null || break
+    diff "conftest.out" "conftest.nl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || break
+    as_fn_arith $ac_count + 1 && ac_count=$as_val
+    if test $ac_count -gt ${ac_path_GREP_max-0}; then
+      # Best one so far, save it but keep looking for a better one
+      ac_cv_path_GREP="$ac_path_GREP"
+      ac_path_GREP_max=$ac_count
+    fi
+    # 10*(2^10) chars as input seems more than enough
+    test $ac_count -gt 10 && break
+  done
+  rm -f conftest.in conftest.tmp conftest.nl conftest.out;;
+esac
+
+      $ac_path_GREP_found && break 3
+    done
+  done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  if test -z "$ac_cv_path_GREP"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "no acceptable grep could be found in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+else
+  ac_cv_path_GREP=$GREP
+fi
+
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_path_GREP" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_cv_path_GREP" >&6; }
+ GREP="$ac_cv_path_GREP"
+
+
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for egrep" >&5
+printf %s "checking for egrep... " >&6; }
+if test ${ac_cv_path_EGREP+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  if echo a | $GREP -E '(a|b)' >/dev/null 2>&1
+   then ac_cv_path_EGREP="$GREP -E"
+   else
+     if test -z "$EGREP"; then
+  ac_path_EGREP_found=false
+  # Loop through the user's path and test for each of PROGNAME-LIST
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    for ac_prog in egrep
+   do
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+      ac_path_EGREP="$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"
+      as_fn_executable_p "$ac_path_EGREP" || continue
+# Check for GNU ac_path_EGREP and select it if it is found.
+  # Check for GNU $ac_path_EGREP
+case `"$ac_path_EGREP" --version 2>&1` in
+*GNU*)
+  ac_cv_path_EGREP="$ac_path_EGREP" ac_path_EGREP_found=:;;
+*)
+  ac_count=0
+  printf %s 0123456789 >"conftest.in"
+  while :
+  do
+    cat "conftest.in" "conftest.in" >"conftest.tmp"
+    mv "conftest.tmp" "conftest.in"
+    cp "conftest.in" "conftest.nl"
+    printf "%s\n" 'EGREP' >> "conftest.nl"
+    "$ac_path_EGREP" 'EGREP$' < "conftest.nl" >"conftest.out" 2>/dev/null || break
+    diff "conftest.out" "conftest.nl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || break
+    as_fn_arith $ac_count + 1 && ac_count=$as_val
+    if test $ac_count -gt ${ac_path_EGREP_max-0}; then
+      # Best one so far, save it but keep looking for a better one
+      ac_cv_path_EGREP="$ac_path_EGREP"
+      ac_path_EGREP_max=$ac_count
+    fi
+    # 10*(2^10) chars as input seems more than enough
+    test $ac_count -gt 10 && break
+  done
+  rm -f conftest.in conftest.tmp conftest.nl conftest.out;;
+esac
+
+      $ac_path_EGREP_found && break 3
+    done
+  done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  if test -z "$ac_cv_path_EGREP"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "no acceptable egrep could be found in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+else
+  ac_cv_path_EGREP=$EGREP
+fi
+
+   fi
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_path_EGREP" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_cv_path_EGREP" >&6; }
+ EGREP="$ac_cv_path_EGREP"
+
+
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for proc_getchildren_rusage in process.defs" >&5
+printf %s "checking for proc_getchildren_rusage in process.defs... " >&6; }
+if test ${libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <hurd/process.defs>
+
+_ACEOF
+if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
+  $EGREP "proc_getchildren_rusage" >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
+  libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage=yes
+else $as_nop
+  libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage=no
+fi
+rm -rf conftest*
+
+fi
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage" >&6; }
+if test $libc_cv_hurd_rpc_proc_getchildren_rusage = yes; then
+  printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
+
 if test -n "$sysheaders"; then
   CPPFLAGS=$OLD_CPPFLAGS
 fi
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure.ac b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure.ac
index 82d085af..1695e94e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure.ac
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/configure.ac
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@ if test "x$libc_cv_hurd_version" != xok; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR(Hurd headers not installed or too old)
 fi
 
+dnl
+dnl hurd_RPC_CHECK(interface.defs, rpc_method, define)
+dnl
+dnl Check if rpc_method RPC is defined by interface.defs
+dnl and define `define`.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([hurd_RPC_CHECK], [dnl
+AC_CACHE_CHECK(for $2 in $1, libc_cv_hurd_rpc_$2, [dnl
+AC_EGREP_HEADER($2, hurd/$1,
+		libc_cv_hurd_rpc_$2=yes,
+		libc_cv_hurd_rpc_$2=no)])
+if test $libc_cv_hurd_rpc_$2 = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE([$3])
+fi
+])
+
+hurd_RPC_CHECK(process.defs, proc_getchildren_rusage,
+	       HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE)
+
 if test -n "$sysheaders"; then
   CPPFLAGS=$OLD_CPPFLAGS
 fi
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/getrusage.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/getrusage.c
index 7be4dd17..8151c297 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/getrusage.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/getrusage.c
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ __getrusage (enum __rusage_who who, struct rusage *usage)
       break;
 
     case RUSAGE_CHILDREN:
-      /* XXX Not implemented yet.  However, zero out USAGE to be
-         consistent with the wait3 and wait4 functions.  */
+#ifdef HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE
+      err = __USEPORT (PROC, __proc_getchildren_rusage (port, usage));
+      if (err)
+	return __hurd_fail (err);
+#else
       memset (usage, 0, sizeof (struct rusage));
+#endif
 
       break;
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/times.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/times.c
index 0c3880d5..3e384dd6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/times.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/times.c
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ clock_from_time_value (const time_value_t *t)
   return t->seconds * 1000000 + t->microseconds;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE
+static inline clock_t
+clock_from_timeval (const struct timeval *t) {
+  return t->tv_sec * 1000000 + t->tv_usec;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Store the CPU time used by this process and all its
    dead children (and their dead children) in BUFFER.
    Return the elapsed real time, or (clock_t) -1 for errors.
@@ -62,8 +69,17 @@ __times (struct tms *tms)
   tms->tms_stime = (clock_from_time_value (&bi.system_time)
 		    + clock_from_time_value (&tti.system_time));
 
-  /* XXX This can't be implemented until getrusage(RUSAGE_CHILDREN) can be.  */
+#ifdef HAVE_HURD_PROC_GETCHILDREN_RUSAGE
+  struct rusage child_rusage;
+  err = __USEPORT (PROC, __proc_getchildren_rusage (port, &child_rusage));
+  if (err)
+    return __hurd_fail (err);
+
+  tms->tms_cutime = clock_from_timeval (&child_rusage.ru_utime);
+  tms->tms_cstime = clock_from_timeval (&child_rusage.ru_stime);
+#else
   tms->tms_cutime = tms->tms_cstime = 0;
+#endif
 
   __host_get_time (__mach_host_self (), &now);
 
