diff --git a/src/lib9/dirfwstat.c b/src/lib9/dirfwstat.c
index be77f4b0..01eab590 100644
--- a/src/lib9/dirfwstat.c
+++ b/src/lib9/dirfwstat.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__linux__)
 /* do nothing -- futimes exists and is fine */
 
 #elif defined(__SunOS5_9__)