diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e1f3e6..bef596f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ SRC = \
 	mkdir.c    \
 	mkfifo.c   \
 	mv.c       \
+	nice.c     \
 	nl.c       \
 	nohup.c    \
 	paste.c    \
diff --git a/nice.1 b/nice.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0803461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nice.1
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.TH NICE 1 sbase\-VERSION
+.SH NAME
+nice \- invoke a utility with an altered nice value
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B nice
+.RB [ \-n inc ]
+.I command
+.RI [ options ...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B nice
+invokes
+.IR command
+with a nice value equal to the current nice value plus 
+.IR inc, 
+which defaults to 10 if unspecified.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.IR renice (1) nice (2) 
diff --git a/nice.c b/nice.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c446b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include<unistd.h>
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<errno.h>
+#include<string.h>
+#include"util.h"
+
+static void
+usage(){
+	eprintf("usage: nice [-n inc] command [options ...]\n");
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv){
+	int inc = 10;
+
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	case 'n':
+		inc = atoi(EARGF(usage()));
+		break;
+	default:
+		usage();
+	} ARGEND;
+
+	nice(inc); /* POSIX specifies the nice failure still invokes the command. */
+
+	if(!*argv)
+		usage();
+	execvp(*argv, argv);
+	eprintf("nice: '%s': %s\n", *argv, strerror(errno));
+	return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+