diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
index 1e36b6b7831..4689cb1c7c8 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/Models.qll
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 private import implementations.Allocation
 private import implementations.Deallocation
 private import implementations.Fread
+private import implementations.Gets
 private import implementations.IdentityFunction
 private import implementations.Inet
 private import implementations.Memcpy
diff --git a/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Gets.qll b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Gets.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b71ed5e0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/src/semmle/code/cpp/models/implementations/Gets.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.DataFlow
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Taint
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.ArrayFunction
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.Alias
+import semmle.code.cpp.models.interfaces.SideEffect
+
+/**
+ * The standard functions `gets` and `fgets`.
+ */
+class GetsFunction extends DataFlowFunction, TaintFunction, ArrayFunction, AliasFunction, SideEffectFunction {
+  GetsFunction() {
+    exists(string name | name = getName() |
+      name = "gets" or // gets(str)
+      name = "fgets" // fgets(str, num, stream)
+    )
+  }
+
+  override predicate hasDataFlow(FunctionInput input, FunctionOutput output) {
+    input.isParameter(0) and
+    output.isReturnValue()
+  }
+
+  override predicate hasTaintFlow(FunctionInput input, FunctionOutput output) {
+    input.isParameterDeref(2) and
+    output.isParameterDeref(0)
+  }
+
+  override predicate parameterNeverEscapes(int index) { index = 2 }
+
+  override predicate parameterEscapesOnlyViaReturn(int index) { index = 0 }
+
+  override predicate parameterIsAlwaysReturned(int index) { index = 0 }
+
+  override predicate hasOnlySpecificReadSideEffects() { any() }
+
+  override predicate hasOnlySpecificWriteSideEffects() { any() }
+
+  override predicate hasSpecificWriteSideEffect(ParameterIndex i, boolean buffer, boolean mustWrite) {
+    i = 0 and
+    buffer = true and
+    mustWrite = true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_diff.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_diff.expected
index 7eadb46af45..3de16d289a0 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_diff.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_diff.expected
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 | test.cpp:68:28:68:33 | call to getenv | test.cpp:71:12:71:15 | copy | AST only |
 | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets | test.cpp:87:2:87:8 | pointer | AST only |
 | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:84:7:84:12 | buffer | AST only |
+| test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:85:8:85:14 | pointer | IR only |
+| test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets | IR only |
 | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | array to pointer conversion | IR only |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_ir.expected b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_ir.expected
index 4914da71599..ef38dd33831 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_ir.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/security-taint/tainted_ir.expected
@@ -43,5 +43,7 @@
 | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets | test.cpp:85:8:85:14 | pointer |  |
 | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets |  |
 | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:80:18:80:18 | s |  |
+| test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:85:8:85:14 | pointer |  |
+| test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:87:12:87:15 | call to gets |  |
 | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | array to pointer conversion |  |
 | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer | test.cpp:87:17:87:22 | buffer |  |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-134/semmle/funcs/funcsLocal.expected b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-134/semmle/funcs/funcsLocal.expected
index 3b73052432d..2417990beb2 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-134/semmle/funcs/funcsLocal.expected
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE/CWE-134/semmle/funcs/funcsLocal.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 | funcsLocal.c:17:9:17:10 | i1 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:16:8:16:9 | i1 | fread |
 | funcsLocal.c:27:9:27:10 | i3 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:26:8:26:9 | i3 | fgets |
 | funcsLocal.c:32:9:32:10 | i4 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:31:13:31:17 | call to fgets | fgets |
+| funcsLocal.c:32:9:32:10 | i4 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:31:19:31:21 | i41 | fgets |
 | funcsLocal.c:37:9:37:10 | i5 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:36:7:36:8 | i5 | gets |
 | funcsLocal.c:42:9:42:10 | i6 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:41:13:41:16 | call to gets | gets |
+| funcsLocal.c:42:9:42:10 | i6 | The value of this argument may come from $@ and is being used as a formatting argument to printf(format) | funcsLocal.c:41:18:41:20 | i61 | gets |