diff --git a/src/analyzer.rs b/src/analyzer.rs
index 7dbed93..7dae999 100644
--- a/src/analyzer.rs
+++ b/src/analyzer.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ impl Analyzer {
             params,
             return_type: _,
             body: _,
+            exported: _,
         } = stmt
         {
             if self.functions.contains_key(&name.lexeme) {
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ impl Analyzer {
                 params: _,
                 return_type,
                 body,
+                exported: _,
             } => {
                 if name.lexeme == "main" && return_type.lexeme != "I64" {
                     return error!(&name.loc, "main must return I64");
diff --git a/src/codegen_x86_64.rs b/src/codegen_x86_64.rs
index 127437a..d92799e 100644
--- a/src/codegen_x86_64.rs
+++ b/src/codegen_x86_64.rs
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ _builtin_environ:
                 params,
                 return_type: _,
                 body,
+                exported,
             } => {
-                if name.lexeme == "main" {
+                if exported || name.lexeme == "main" {
                     emit!(&mut self.output, "global {}", name.lexeme);
                 }
                 emit!(&mut self.output, "section .text.{}", name.lexeme);
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 16f7017..d90ad45 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub enum Stmt {
         params: Vec<Param>,
         return_type: Token,
         body: Box<Stmt>,
+        exported: bool,
     },
     Return(Expr),
     Break,
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ impl Parser {
     fn declaration(&mut self) -> Result<Stmt, ZernError> {
         if !self.is_inside_function {
             if self.match_token(&[TokenType::KeywordFunc]) {
-                return self.func_declaration();
+                return self.func_declaration(false);
+            }
+            if self.match_token(&[TokenType::KeywordExport]) {
+                self.consume(TokenType::KeywordFunc, "expected 'func' after 'export'")?;
+                return self.func_declaration(true);
             }
             if self.match_token(&[TokenType::KeywordExtern]) {
                 return self.extern_declaration();
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ impl Parser {
         }
     }
 
-    fn func_declaration(&mut self) -> Result<Stmt, ZernError> {
+    fn func_declaration(&mut self, exported: bool) -> Result<Stmt, ZernError> {
         let name = self.consume(TokenType::Identifier, "expected function name")?;
         self.consume(TokenType::LeftBracket, "expected '[' after function name")?;
 
@@ -157,6 +162,7 @@ impl Parser {
             params,
             return_type,
             body,
+            exported,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/std.zr b/src/std.zr
index 9915e2e..ba1bb28 100644
--- a/src/std.zr
+++ b/src/std.zr
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ func str.from_i64[n: I64] : String
     mem.free(buf)
     return s
 
+func str.from_char[c: U8] : String
+    let s: String = mem.alloc(2)
+    str.set(s, 0, c)
+    str.set(s, 1, 0)
+    return s
+
 func str.parse_i64[s: String] : I64
     let len: I64 = str.len(s)
     let i: I64 = 0
diff --git a/src/tokenizer.rs b/src/tokenizer.rs
index cdf00d8..f781f37 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub enum TokenType {
     KeywordBreak,
     KeywordContinue,
     KeywordExtern,
+    KeywordExport,
 
     Indent,
     Dedent,
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ impl Tokenizer {
             "break" => TokenType::KeywordBreak,
             "continue" => TokenType::KeywordContinue,
             "extern" => TokenType::KeywordExtern,
+            "export" => TokenType::KeywordExport,
             "true" => TokenType::True,
             "false" => TokenType::False,
             _ => TokenType::Identifier,