diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
index 8b5c0c04276b..9c16e5b6e672 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ use libc::{stat as stat64, fstat as fstat64, lstat as lstat64, off_t as off64_t,
            ftruncate as ftruncate64, lseek as lseek64, dirent as dirent64, open as open64};
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux",
               target_os = "emscripten",
-              target_os = "solaris")))]
+              target_os = "solaris",
+              target_os = "fuchsia")))]
 use libc::{readdir_r as readdir64_r};
 
 pub struct File(FileDesc);
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ pub struct DirEntry {
     entry: dirent64,
     root: Arc<PathBuf>,
     // We need to store an owned copy of the directory name
-    // on Solaris because a) it uses a zero-length array to
-    // store the name, b) its lifetime between readdir calls
-    // is not guaranteed.
-    #[cfg(target_os = "solaris")]
+    // on Solaris and Fuchsia because a) it uses a zero-length
+    // array to store the name, b) its lifetime between readdir
+    // calls is not guaranteed.
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "fuchsia"))]
     name: Box<[u8]>
 }
 
@@ -205,14 +206,14 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ReadDir {
 impl Iterator for ReadDir {
     type Item = io::Result<DirEntry>;
 
-    #[cfg(target_os = "solaris")]
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "fuchsia"))]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<io::Result<DirEntry>> {
         unsafe {
             loop {
                 // Although readdir_r(3) would be a correct function to use here because
-                // of the thread safety, on Illumos the readdir(3C) function is safe to use
-                // in threaded applications and it is generally preferred over the
-                // readdir_r(3C) function.
+                // of the thread safety, on Illumos and Fuchsia the readdir(3C) function
+                // is safe to use in threaded applications and it is generally preferred
+                // over the readdir_r(3C) function.
                 super::os::set_errno(0);
                 let entry_ptr = libc::readdir(self.dirp.0);
                 if entry_ptr.is_null() {
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ impl Iterator for ReadDir {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "solaris"))]
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "fuchsia")))]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<io::Result<DirEntry>> {
         unsafe {
             let mut ret = DirEntry {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
index 6992a17832e4..6dc85840a634 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn errno() -> i32 {
 }
 
 /// Sets the platform-specific value of errno
-#[cfg(target_os = "solaris")] // only needed for readdir so far
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "fuchsia"))] // only needed for readdir so far
 pub fn set_errno(e: i32) {
     unsafe {
         *errno_location() = e as c_int