diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index 80a78d14c..c54780ef6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ class fhandler_socket_local: public fhandler_socket_wsock
   int getsockopt (int level, int optname, const void *optval,
 		  __socklen_t *optlen);
 
+  int open (int flags, mode_t mode = 0);
+  int close ();
   int __reg2 fstat (struct stat *buf);
   int __reg2 fstatvfs (struct statvfs *buf);
   int __reg1 fchmod (mode_t newmode);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket_local.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket_local.cc
index f88ced22d..e7f4fe603 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket_local.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket_local.cc
@@ -634,6 +634,26 @@ fhandler_socket_local::dup (fhandler_base *child, int flags)
   return fhandler_socket_wsock::dup (child, flags);
 }
 
+int
+fhandler_socket_local::open (int flags, mode_t mode)
+{
+  /* We don't support opening sockets unless O_PATH is specified. */
+  if (flags & O_PATH)
+    return open_fs (flags, mode);
+
+  set_errno (EOPNOTSUPP);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int
+fhandler_socket_local::close ()
+{
+  if (get_flags () & O_PATH)
+    return fhandler_base::close ();
+  else
+    return fhandler_socket_wsock::close ();
+}
+
 int __reg2
 fhandler_socket_local::fstat (struct stat *buf)
 {