diff --git a/libctru/include/3ds/svc.h b/libctru/include/3ds/svc.h
index 58969ab..9d4dcf6 100644
--- a/libctru/include/3ds/svc.h
+++ b/libctru/include/3ds/svc.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ s32  svcUnmapMemoryBlock(Handle memblock, u32 addr);
 s32  svcWaitSynchronization(Handle handle, s64 nanoseconds);
 s32  svcWaitSynchronizationN(s32* out, Handle* handles, s32 handles_num, bool wait_all, s64 nanoseconds);
 s32  svcCloseHandle(Handle handle);
+s32  svcDuplicateHandle(Handle* out, Handle original);
 u64  svcGetSystemTick();
 s32  svcGetSystemInfo(s64* out, u32 type, s32 param);
 s32  svcGetProcessInfo(s64* out, Handle process, u32 type);
diff --git a/libctru/source/srv.c b/libctru/source/srv.c
index 39aff8e..5edfecb 100644
--- a/libctru/source/srv.c
+++ b/libctru/source/srv.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Result srvGetServiceHandle(Handle* out, char* name)
     Handle h = __get_handle_from_list(name);
 
     if(h != 0) {
-       *out = h; return 0;
+        return svcDuplicateHandle(out, h);
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libctru/source/svc.s b/libctru/source/svc.s
index f3601a7..1969ddc 100644
--- a/libctru/source/svc.s
+++ b/libctru/source/svc.s
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ svcWaitSynchronizationN:
 	ldr r5, [sp], #4
 	bx lr
 
+.global svcDuplicateHandle
+.type svcDuplicateHandle, %function
+svcDuplicateHandle:
+	str r0, [sp,#-0x4]!
+	svc 0x27
+	ldr r3, [sp], #4
+	str r1, [r3]
+	bx lr
+
 .global svcGetSystemTick
 .type svcGetSystemTick, %function
 svcGetSystemTick: