diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 2bfff79b12..4268703d05 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static int local_utimensat(FsContext *s, V9fsPath *fs_path,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = utimensat(dirfd, name, buf, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    ret = utimensat_nofollow(dirfd, name, buf);
     close_preserve_errno(dirfd);
 out:
     g_free(dirpath);
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
index cdb4c9e24c..ac414bcbfd 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
@@ -62,3 +62,99 @@ int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
     close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }
+
+#ifndef __has_builtin
+#define __has_builtin(x) 0
+#endif
+
+static int update_times_from_stat(int fd, struct timespec times[2],
+                                  int update0, int update1)
+{
+    struct stat buf;
+    int ret = fstat(fd, &buf);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+    if (update0) {
+        times[0] = buf.st_atimespec;
+    }
+    if (update1) {
+        times[1] = buf.st_mtimespec;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int utimensat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
+                       const struct timespec times_in[2])
+{
+    int ret, fd;
+    int special0, special1;
+    struct timeval futimes_buf[2];
+    struct timespec times[2];
+    memcpy(times, times_in, 2 * sizeof(struct timespec));
+
+/* Check whether we have an SDK version that defines utimensat */
+#if defined(__MAC_10_13)
+# if __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= __MAC_10_13
+#  define UTIMENSAT_AVAILABLE 1
+# elif __has_builtin(__builtin_available)
+#  define UTIMENSAT_AVAILABLE __builtin_available(macos 10.13, *)
+# else
+#  define UTIMENSAT_AVAILABLE 0
+# endif
+    if (UTIMENSAT_AVAILABLE) {
+        return utimensat(dirfd, filename, times, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /* utimensat not available. Use futimes. */
+    fd = openat_file(dirfd, filename, O_PATH_9P_UTIL | O_NOFOLLOW, 0);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    special0 = times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT;
+    special1 = times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT;
+    if (special0 || special1) {
+        /* If both are set, nothing to do */
+        if (special0 && special1) {
+            ret = 0;
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        ret = update_times_from_stat(fd, times, special0, special1);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            goto done;
+        }
+    }
+
+    special0 = times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW;
+    special1 = times[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW;
+    if (special0 || special1) {
+        ret = futimes(fd, NULL);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        /* If both are set, we are done */
+        if (special0 && special1) {
+            ret = 0;
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        ret = update_times_from_stat(fd, times, special0, special1);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            goto done;
+        }
+    }
+
+    futimes_buf[0].tv_sec = times[0].tv_sec;
+    futimes_buf[0].tv_usec = times[0].tv_nsec / 1000;
+    futimes_buf[1].tv_sec = times[1].tv_sec;
+    futimes_buf[1].tv_usec = times[1].tv_nsec / 1000;
+    ret = futimes(fd, futimes_buf);
+
+done:
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
index 398614a5d0..d54bf57a59 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
     g_free(proc_path);
     return ret;
 }
+
+int utimensat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
+                       const struct timespec times[2])
+{
+    return utimensat(dirfd, filename, times, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+}
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 38ef8b289d..1c477a0e66 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ static inline int qemu_lsetxattr(const char *path, const char *name,
 #define qemu_lsetxattr lsetxattr
 #endif
 
+/* Compatibility with old SDK Versions for Darwin */
+#if defined(CONFIG_DARWIN) && !defined(UTIME_NOW)
+#define UTIME_NOW -1
+#define UTIME_OMIT -2
+#endif
+
 static inline void close_preserve_errno(int fd)
 {
     int serrno = errno;
@@ -96,5 +102,7 @@ ssize_t flistxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
                               char *list, size_t size);
 ssize_t fremovexattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
                                 const char *name);
+int utimensat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename,
+                       const struct timespec times[2]);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index 3fc43cb482..6fe42e61fc 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "virtio-9p.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"
 #include "9p-xattr.h"
+#include "9p-util.h"
 #include "coth.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
