diff --git a/src/libstd/lib.rs b/src/libstd/lib.rs
index ead38f2112687..9042cb3c72d60 100644
--- a/src/libstd/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/lib.rs
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
 #![feature(cfg_target_vendor)]
 #![feature(char_error_internals)]
 #![feature(compiler_builtins_lib)]
+#![feature(concat_idents)]
 #![feature(const_int_ops)]
 #![feature(const_ip)]
 #![feature(const_raw_ptr_deref)]
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
index d922be520d4be..f30817e69ab0e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
@@ -203,18 +203,21 @@ impl Socket {
         // Linux. This was added in 2.6.28, however, and because we support
         // 2.6.18 we must detect this support dynamically.
         if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
-            weak! {
-                fn accept4(c_int, *mut sockaddr, *mut socklen_t, c_int) -> c_int
+            syscall! {
+                fn accept4(
+                    fd: c_int,
+                    addr: *mut sockaddr,
+                    addr_len: *mut socklen_t,
+                    flags: c_int
+                ) -> c_int
             }
-            if let Some(accept) = accept4.get() {
-                let res = cvt_r(|| unsafe {
-                    accept(self.0.raw(), storage, len, SOCK_CLOEXEC)
-                });
-                match res {
-                    Ok(fd) => return Ok(Socket(FileDesc::new(fd))),
-                    Err(ref e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOSYS) => {}
-                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
-                }
+            let res = cvt_r(|| unsafe {
+                accept4(self.0.raw(), storage, len, SOCK_CLOEXEC)
+            });
+            match res {
+                Ok(fd) => return Ok(Socket(FileDesc::new(fd))),
+                Err(ref e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOSYS) => {}
+                Err(e) => return Err(e),
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
index 03e81a720dc64..6e8ee44599406 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ pub fn errno() -> i32 {
 }
 
 /// Sets the platform-specific value of errno
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "fuchsia"))] // only needed for readdir so far
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "linux"),
+          not(target_os = "dragonfly")))] // needed for readdir and syscall!
 pub fn set_errno(e: i32) {
     unsafe {
         *errno_location() = e as c_int
@@ -84,6 +85,18 @@ pub fn errno() -> i32 {
     unsafe { errno as i32 }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "dragonfly")]
+pub fn set_errno(e: i32) {
+    extern {
+        #[thread_local]
+        static mut errno: c_int;
+    }
+
+    unsafe {
+        errno = e;
+    }
+}
+
 /// Gets a detailed string description for the given error number.
 pub fn error_string(errno: i32) -> String {
     extern {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
index 0a5dccddddae2..24b2959a3fa01 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use sys::{cvt, cvt_r};
 pub struct AnonPipe(FileDesc);
 
 pub fn anon_pipe() -> io::Result<(AnonPipe, AnonPipe)> {
-    weak! { fn pipe2(*mut c_int, c_int) -> c_int }
+    syscall! { fn pipe2(fds: *mut c_int, flags: c_int) -> c_int }
     static INVALID: AtomicBool = ATOMIC_BOOL_INIT;
 
     let mut fds = [0; 2];
@@ -39,22 +39,20 @@ pub fn anon_pipe() -> io::Result<(AnonPipe, AnonPipe)> {
        !INVALID.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
     {
 
-        if let Some(pipe) = pipe2.get() {
-            // Note that despite calling a glibc function here we may still
-            // get ENOSYS. Glibc has `pipe2` since 2.9 and doesn't try to
-            // emulate on older kernels, so if you happen to be running on
-            // an older kernel you may see `pipe2` as a symbol but still not
-            // see the syscall.
-            match cvt(unsafe { pipe(fds.as_mut_ptr(), libc::O_CLOEXEC) }) {
-                Ok(_) => {
-                    return Ok((AnonPipe(FileDesc::new(fds[0])),
-                               AnonPipe(FileDesc::new(fds[1]))));
-                }
-                Err(ref e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOSYS) => {
-                    INVALID.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                }
-                Err(e) => return Err(e),
+        // Note that despite calling a glibc function here we may still
+        // get ENOSYS. Glibc has `pipe2` since 2.9 and doesn't try to
+        // emulate on older kernels, so if you happen to be running on
+        // an older kernel you may see `pipe2` as a symbol but still not
+        // see the syscall.
+        match cvt(unsafe { pipe2(fds.as_mut_ptr(), libc::O_CLOEXEC) }) {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                return Ok((AnonPipe(FileDesc::new(fds[0])),
+                            AnonPipe(FileDesc::new(fds[1]))));
+            }
+            Err(ref e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOSYS) => {
+                INVALID.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
             }
+            Err(e) => return Err(e),
         }
     }
     cvt(unsafe { libc::pipe(fds.as_mut_ptr()) })?;
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/weak.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/weak.rs
index 18944be58ee7e..7d293f1c47a9a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/weak.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/weak.rs
@@ -77,3 +77,38 @@ unsafe fn fetch(name: &str) -> usize {
     };
     libc::dlsym(libc::RTLD_DEFAULT, name.as_ptr()) as usize
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+macro_rules! syscall {
+    (fn $name:ident($($arg_name:ident: $t:ty),*) -> $ret:ty) => (
+        unsafe fn $name($($arg_name: $t),*) -> $ret {
+            use libc;
+            use super::os;
+
+            weak! { fn $name($($t),*) -> $ret }
+
+            if let Some(fun) = $name.get() {
+                fun($($arg_name),*)
+            } else {
+                os::set_errno(libc::ENOSYS);
+                -1
+            }
+        }
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+macro_rules! syscall {
+    (fn $name:ident($($arg_name:ident: $t:ty),*) -> $ret:ty) => (
+        unsafe fn $name($($arg_name:$t),*) -> $ret {
+            // This looks like a hack, but concat_idents only accepts idents
+            // (not paths).
+            use libc::*;
+
+            syscall(
+                concat_idents!(SYS_, $name),
+                $($arg_name as c_long),*
+            ) as $ret
+        }
+    )
+}