diff --git a/src/clibwrap/mod.rs b/src/clibwrap/mod.rs
index d8516f5..bd5aa5f 100644
--- a/src/clibwrap/mod.rs
+++ b/src/clibwrap/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ unsafe fn errno() -> c_int {
 	unsafe { *__errno_location() }
 }
 
+unsafe fn set_errno(errno: c_int) {
+	unsafe { *__errno_location() = errno; }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 #[error("{}", self.error_message())]
 pub struct ErrnoError {
diff --git a/src/clibwrap/ptrace.rs b/src/clibwrap/ptrace.rs
index 53501df..466f0af 100644
--- a/src/clibwrap/ptrace.rs
+++ b/src/clibwrap/ptrace.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::clibwrap::{ErrnoError, Pid};
+use crate::clibwrap::{errno, set_errno, ErrnoError, Pid};
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 use std::ffi::{c_long, c_ulonglong, c_void};
 use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[repr(u32)]
 enum PTraceRequest {
+	PTRACE_PEEKDATA = 2,
+	PTRACE_POKEDATA = 5,
 	PTRACE_CONT = 7,
 	PTRACE_SINGLESTEP = 9,
 	PTRACE_GETREGS = 12,
@@ -140,3 +142,25 @@ pub fn set_regs(pid: Pid, registers: registers) -> Result<(), ErrnoError> {
 		unsafe { Err(ErrnoError::from_current_errno()) }
 	}
 }
+
+pub fn peek_data(pid: Pid, address: u64) -> Result<c_long, ErrnoError> {
+	unsafe {
+		set_errno(0);
+		let data = ptrace(PTraceRequest::PTRACE_PEEKDATA, pid, address as _, 0 as _);
+		let errno = errno();
+		if errno != 0 {
+			Err(ErrnoError::from_current_errno())
+		} else {
+			Ok(data)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+pub fn poke_data(pid: Pid, address: u64, data: c_long) -> Result<(), ErrnoError> {
+	let return_code = unsafe { ptrace(PTraceRequest::PTRACE_POKEDATA, pid, address as _, data as _) };
+	if return_code == 0 {
+		Ok(())
+	} else {
+		unsafe { Err(ErrnoError::from_current_errno()) }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/debug_target/stopped_target.rs b/src/debug_target/stopped_target.rs
index d9022b4..24e658c 100644
--- a/src/debug_target/stopped_target.rs
+++ b/src/debug_target/stopped_target.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use crate::clibwrap;
-use crate::debug_target::{CustomPTraceError, DebugError, PTraceError, RunningTarget, WaitError};
+use crate::debug_target::{CustomPTraceError, DebugError, RunningTarget, WaitError};
 use crate::syscall_info::{syscall_info, SyscallInfo, SyscallInfoError};
 use libc::c_long;
 use nix::sys::wait::{waitid, Id, WaitPidFlag};
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::ffi::c_void;
 
 pub struct StoppedTarget {
 	pub pid: Pid,
@@ -76,10 +75,10 @@ impl StoppedTarget {
 		if self.breakpoints.contains_key(&address) {
 			return Err(DebugError::DuplicateBreakpoint { address });
 		}
-		let orig_bytes = nix::sys::ptrace::read(self.pid, address as *mut c_void).map_err(PTraceError)?;
+		let orig_bytes = clibwrap::ptrace::peek_data(self.pid.as_raw(), address).map_err(CustomPTraceError)?;
 		let target_byte: u8 = (orig_bytes & 0xFF as c_long) as u8;
 		let new_content = (orig_bytes & (!0xff as c_long)) | (0xCC as c_long);
-		nix::sys::ptrace::write(self.pid, address as *mut c_void, new_content).map_err(PTraceError)?;
+		clibwrap::ptrace::poke_data(self.pid.as_raw(), address, new_content).map_err(CustomPTraceError)?;
 
 		self.breakpoints.insert(address, target_byte);
 		Ok(())
@@ -90,9 +89,9 @@ impl StoppedTarget {
 		match self.breakpoints.remove(&address) {
 			None => Err(DebugError::NonExistingBreakpoint { address }),
 			Some(original_byte) => {
-				let content = nix::sys::ptrace::read(self.pid, address as *mut c_void).map_err(PTraceError)?;
+				let content = clibwrap::ptrace::peek_data(self.pid.as_raw(), address).map_err(CustomPTraceError)?;
 				let new_content = (content & (!0xff as c_long)) | (original_byte as c_long);
-				nix::sys::ptrace::write(self.pid, address as *mut c_void, new_content).map_err(PTraceError)?;
+				clibwrap::ptrace::poke_data(self.pid.as_raw(), address, new_content).map_err(CustomPTraceError)?;
 				Ok(())
 			}
 		}