diff --git a/src/unix/eio/config_sunos.h b/src/unix/eio/config_sunos.h
index 01d049c3e6..546926fcb5 100644
--- a/src/unix/eio/config_sunos.h
+++ b/src/unix/eio/config_sunos.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define HAVE_UTIMES 1
 
 /* futimes(2) is available */
-/* #undef HAVE_FUTIMES */
+#define HAVE_FUTIMES 1
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <inttypes.h> header file. */
 #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
diff --git a/src/unix/eio/eio.c b/src/unix/eio/eio.c
index a005db5d3b..2374006110 100644
--- a/src/unix/eio/eio.c
+++ b/src/unix/eio/eio.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ static void eio_destroy (eio_req *req);
 
 #define EIO_ENOSYS() EIO_ERRNO (ENOSYS, -1)
 
+#ifdef __sun
+# define futimes(fd, times) futimesat (fd, NULL, times)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
   #include <direct.h>
diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 76de94dea9..86da281cf5 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int uv_fs_utime(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_fs_t* req, const char* path, double atime,
 }
 
 
-#if defined(HAVE_FUTIMES)
+#if HAVE_FUTIMES
 static int _futime(const uv_file file, double atime, double mtime) {
   struct timeval tv[2];
 
@@ -507,14 +507,18 @@ static int _futime(const uv_file file, double atime, double mtime) {
   tv[1].tv_sec = mtime;
   tv[1].tv_usec = (unsigned long)(mtime * 1000000) % 1000000;
 
+#ifdef __sun
+  return futimesat(file, NULL, tv);
+#else
   return futimes(file, tv);
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
 
 int uv_fs_futime(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_fs_t* req, uv_file file, double atime,
     double mtime, uv_fs_cb cb) {
-#if defined(HAVE_FUTIMES)
+#if HAVE_FUTIMES
   const char* path = NULL;
 
   uv_fs_req_init(loop, req, UV_FS_FUTIME, path, cb);
diff --git a/src/unix/internal.h b/src/unix/internal.h
index 7200e33df3..e6ae9b75d8 100644
--- a/src/unix/internal.h
+++ b/src/unix/internal.h
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@
 
 #endif /* __linux__ */
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-# define HAVE_FUTIMES 1
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__sun)
 # define HAVE_FUTIMES 1
 #endif