diff --git a/src/bin/unzip/beos.c b/src/bin/unzip/beos.c
index 28c66eb7a9..94e9f4551a 100644
--- a/src/bin/unzip/beos.c
+++ b/src/bin/unzip/beos.c
@@ -1107,10 +1107,16 @@ static int set_file_attrs( const char *name,
     ptr   = (unsigned char *)attr_buff;
     guard = ptr + attr_size;
 
+#ifdef HAIKU_USE_KERN_OPEN
+    fd = _kern_open( -1, name, O_RDONLY | O_NOTRAVERSE, 0 );
+	if( fd < 0 )
+         return fd;
+#else
     fd = open( name, O_RDONLY | O_NOTRAVERSE );
     if( fd < 0 ) {
         return errno; /* should it be -fd ? */
     }
+#endif
 
     while( ptr < guard ) {
         ssize_t              wrote_bytes;
diff --git a/src/tools/unzip/unix/unxcfg.h b/src/tools/unzip/unix/unxcfg.h
index 6c231d41c3..33047c20d7 100644
--- a/src/tools/unzip/unix/unxcfg.h
+++ b/src/tools/unzip/unix/unxcfg.h
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@
 #  ifndef EOK
 #    define EOK B_OK
 #  endif
-#endif	// __BEOS__
+
+#  define HAIKU_USE_KERN_OPEN 1
+extern int _kern_open(int fd, const char *path, int openMode, int perms);
+
+#endif	// !__BEOS__