diff --git a/headers/compatibility/bsd/sys/time.h b/headers/compatibility/bsd/sys/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e71a66813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/compatibility/bsd/sys/time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _BSD_SYS_TIME_H_
+#define _BSD_SYS_TIME_H_
+
+
+#include_next <sys/time.h>
+
+
+#ifdef _BSD_SOURCE
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+int  lutimes(const char *path, const struct timeval times[2]);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#endif
+
+
+#endif  /* _BSD_SYS_TIME_H_ */
diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/time.h b/headers/posix/sys/time.h
index bb1277ddfe..dfa8d8cf23 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sys/time.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sys/time.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ extern int	setitimer(int which, const struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval
 extern int	gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz);
 
 extern int	utimes(const char *path, const struct timeval times[2]);
-extern int	lutimes(const char *path, const struct timeval times[2]);
 	/* legacy */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/libs/bsd/Jamfile b/src/libs/bsd/Jamfile
index d8e6c604a9..810ae74933 100644
--- a/src/libs/bsd/Jamfile
+++ b/src/libs/bsd/Jamfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 			fgetln.c
 			getpass.c
 			issetugid.c
+			lutimes.c
 			progname.c
 			pty.cpp
 			signal.c
diff --git a/src/libs/bsd/lutimes.c b/src/libs/bsd/lutimes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f43bbf8a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/bsd/lutimes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright, 2016-2017 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Released under the terms of the MIT license.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * 		Alexander von Gluck IV, kallisti5@unixzen.com
+ */
+
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include <OS.h>
+
+
+extern int _utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2],
+	bool traverseLink);
+
+
+int
+lutimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2])
+{
+	return _utimes(path, times, false);
+}
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
index 09794ea3c4..ad844a9419 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/utimes.c
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 
 
 int
-utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2])
+_utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2], bool traverseLink);
+
+extern int
+_utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2], bool traverseLink)
 {
 	struct stat stat;
 	status_t status;
@@ -35,36 +38,17 @@ utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2])
 	}
 
 	// traverseLeafLink == true
-	status = _kern_write_stat(-1, path, true, &stat, sizeof(struct stat),
-		B_STAT_MODIFICATION_TIME | B_STAT_ACCESS_TIME);
+	status = _kern_write_stat(-1, path, traverseLink, &stat,
+		sizeof(struct stat), B_STAT_MODIFICATION_TIME | B_STAT_ACCESS_TIME);
 
 	RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(status);
 }
 
 
 int
-lutimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2])
+utimes(const char* path, const struct timeval times[2])
 {
-	struct stat stat;
-	status_t status;
-
-	if (times != NULL) {
-		stat.st_atim.tv_sec = times[0].tv_sec;
-		stat.st_atim.tv_nsec = times[0].tv_usec * 1000;
-
-		stat.st_mtim.tv_sec = times[1].tv_sec;
-		stat.st_mtim.tv_nsec = times[1].tv_usec * 1000;
-	} else {
-		bigtime_t now = real_time_clock_usecs();
-		stat.st_atim.tv_sec = stat.st_mtim.tv_sec = now / 1000000;
-		stat.st_atim.tv_nsec = stat.st_mtim.tv_nsec = (now % 1000000) * 1000;
-	}
-
-	// traverseLeafLink == false
-	status = _kern_write_stat(-1, path, false, &stat, sizeof(struct stat),
-		B_STAT_MODIFICATION_TIME | B_STAT_ACCESS_TIME);
-
-	RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(status);
+	return _utimes(path, times, true);
 }