diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fcntl_js.go b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_js.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..120fc1195fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_js.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build js,wasm
+
+package poll
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// fcntl not supported on js/wasm
+func fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (int, error) {
+	return 0, syscall.ENOSYS
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fcntl_libc.go b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_libc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..642472bc2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_libc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build aix darwin solaris
+
+package poll
+
+import _ "unsafe" // for go:linkname
+
+// Implemented in the syscall package.
+//go:linkname fcntl syscall.fcntl
+func fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (int, error)
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fcntl_syscall.go b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_syscall.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ac814359ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fcntl_syscall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+
+package poll
+
+import (
+	"internal/syscall/unix"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (int, error) {
+	r, _, e := syscall.Syscall(unix.FcntlSyscall, uintptr(fd), uintptr(cmd), uintptr(arg))
+	if e != 0 {
+		return int(r), syscall.Errno(e)
+	}
+	return int(r), nil
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_darwin.go b/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_darwin.go
index c68ec9782a8..91751496a41 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_darwin.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_darwin.go
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 
 package poll
 
-import (
-	"syscall"
-	_ "unsafe" // for go:linkname
-)
+import "syscall"
 
 // Fsync invokes SYS_FCNTL with SYS_FULLFSYNC because
 // on OS X, SYS_FSYNC doesn't fully flush contents to disk.
@@ -21,7 +18,3 @@ func (fd *FD) Fsync() error {
 	_, e1 := fcntl(fd.Sysfd, syscall.F_FULLFSYNC, 0)
 	return e1
 }
-
-// Implemented in syscall/syscall_darwin.go.
-//go:linkname fcntl syscall.fcntl
-func fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (int, error)
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_posix.go b/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_posix.go
index 0886d749d34..69358297f4c 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_posix.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fd_fsync_posix.go
@@ -16,11 +16,3 @@ func (fd *FD) Fsync() error {
 	defer fd.decref()
 	return syscall.Fsync(fd.Sysfd)
 }
-
-func fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (int, error) {
-	r, _, e := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_FCNTL, uintptr(fd), uintptr(cmd), uintptr(arg))
-	if e != 0 {
-		return int(r), syscall.Errno(e)
-	}
-	return int(r), nil
-}
diff --git a/src/internal/poll/fd_unix.go b/src/internal/poll/fd_unix.go
index 41d6ef593db..8752450a1fd 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/fd_unix.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/fd_unix.go
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ var tryDupCloexec = int32(1)
 
 // DupCloseOnExec dups fd and marks it close-on-exec.
 func DupCloseOnExec(fd int) (int, string, error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&tryDupCloexec) == 1 {
+	if syscall.F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC != 0 && atomic.LoadInt32(&tryDupCloexec) == 1 {
 		r0, e1 := fcntl(fd, syscall.F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 0)
 		if e1 == nil {
 			return r0, "", nil
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_aix.go b/src/syscall/syscall_aix.go
index d8010d35ce4..8bb5fa9eade 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_aix.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_aix.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func syscall6(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err
 const (
 	_ = iota
 	TIOCSCTTY
-	F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC
 	SYS_EXECVE
 	SYS_FCNTL
 )
 
 const (
+	F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC = 0
 	// AF_LOCAL doesn't exist on AIX
 	AF_LOCAL = AF_UNIX
 )