diff --git a/samples/sample_x86.c b/samples/sample_x86.c
index 4e4a736d..32c2ce92 100644
--- a/samples/sample_x86.c
+++ b/samples/sample_x86.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 //#define X86_CODE64 "\x41\xBC\x3B\xB0\x28\x2A\x49\x0F\xC9\x90\x4D\x0F\xAD\xCF\x49\x87\xFD\x90\x48\x81\xD2\x8A\xCE\x77\x35\x48\xF7\xD9" 
 #define X86_CODE64 "\x41\xBC\x3B\xB0\x28\x2A\x49\x0F\xC9\x90\x4D\x0F\xAD\xCF\x49\x87\xFD\x90\x48\x81\xD2\x8A\xCE\x77\x35\x48\xF7\xD9\x4D\x29\xF4\x49\x81\xC9\xF6\x8A\xC6\x53\x4D\x87\xED\x48\x0F\xAD\xD2\x49\xF7\xD4\x48\xF7\xE1\x4D\x19\xC5\x4D\x89\xC5\x48\xF7\xD6\x41\xB8\x4F\x8D\x6B\x59\x4D\x87\xD0\x68\x6A\x1E\x09\x3C\x59"
 #define X86_CODE16 "\x00\x00"   // add   byte ptr [bx + si], al
+#define X86_CODE64_SYSCALL "\x0f\x05" // SYSCALL
 
 // memory address where emulation starts
 #define ADDRESS 0x1000000
@@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ static void hook_out(uch handle, uint32_t port, int size, uint32_t value, void *
     printf("--- register value = 0x%x\n", tmp);
 }
 
+// callback for SYSCALL instruction (X86).
+static void hook_syscall(uch handle, void *user_data)
+{
+    uint64_t rax;
+
+    uc_reg_read(handle, UC_X86_REG_RAX, &rax);
+    if (rax == 0x100) {
+        rax = 0x200;
+        uc_reg_write(handle, UC_X86_REG_RAX, &rax);
+    } else
+        printf("ERROR: was not expecting rax=0x%"PRIx64 " in syscall\n", rax);
+}
+
 static void test_i386(void)
 {
     uch handle;
@@ -673,6 +687,57 @@ static void test_x86_64(void)
     uc_close(&handle);
 }
 
+static void test_x86_64_syscall(void)
+{
+    uch handle;
+    uch trace1;
+    uc_err err;
+
+    int64_t rax = 0x100;
+
+    printf("===================================\n");
+    printf("Emulate x86_64 code with 'syscall' instruction\n");
+
+    // Initialize emulator in X86-64bit mode
+    err = uc_open(UC_ARCH_X86, UC_MODE_64, &handle);
+    if (err) {
+        printf("Failed on uc_open() with error returned: %u\n", err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // map 2MB memory for this emulation
+    uc_mem_map(handle, ADDRESS, 2 * 1024 * 1024);
+
+    // write machine code to be emulated to memory
+    if (uc_mem_write(handle, ADDRESS, (uint8_t *)X86_CODE64_SYSCALL, sizeof(X86_CODE64_SYSCALL) - 1)) {
+        printf("Failed to write emulation code to memory, quit!\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // hook interrupts for syscall
+    uc_hook_add(handle, &trace1, UC_HOOK_INSN, hook_syscall, NULL, UC_X86_INS_SYSCALL);
+
+    // initialize machine registers
+    uc_reg_write(handle, UC_X86_REG_RAX, &rax);
+
+    // emulate machine code in infinite time (last param = 0), or when
+    // finishing all the code.
+    err = uc_emu_start(handle, ADDRESS, ADDRESS + sizeof(X86_CODE64_SYSCALL) - 1, 0, 0);
+    if (err) {
+        printf("Failed on uc_emu_start() with error returned %u: %s\n",
+                err, uc_strerror(err));
+    }
+
+    // now print out some registers
+    printf(">>> Emulation done. Below is the CPU context\n");
+
+    uc_reg_read(handle, UC_X86_REG_RAX, &rax);
+
+    printf(">>> RAX = 0x%" PRIx64 "\n", rax);
+
+    uc_close(&handle);
+}
+
 static void test_x86_16(void)
 {
     uch handle;
@@ -741,6 +806,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
         if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-64")) {
             test_x86_64();
+            test_x86_64_syscall();
         }
 
         if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-16")) {