diff --git a/src/unix/mod.rs b/src/unix/mod.rs
index 29f93ad15ee9d03c2b7b7de0a0b8f8c4bea364bb..b9f8cc0f1c9bb6cd09666ff69327813c8199c69b 100644
--- a/src/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/mod.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ extern {
                      mode: ::c_int, flags: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;
     pub fn fchmodat(dirfd: ::c_int, pathname: *const ::c_char,
                     mode: ::mode_t, flags: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;
+    pub fn fchown(fd: ::c_int,
+                  owner: ::uid_t,
+                  group: ::gid_t) -> ::c_int;
     pub fn fchownat(dirfd: ::c_int, pathname: *const ::c_char,
                     owner: ::uid_t, group: ::gid_t,
                     flags: ::c_int) -> ::c_int;