diff --git a/include/uv-errno.h b/include/uv-errno.h
index 797bcab9..f5ef8470 100644
--- a/include/uv-errno.h
+++ b/include/uv-errno.h
@@ -370,4 +370,10 @@
 # define UV__EXDEV (-4037)
 #endif
 
+#if defined(EFBIG) && !defined(_WIN32)
+# define UV__EFBIG (-EFBIG)
+#else
+# define UV__EFBIG (-4036)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* UV_ERRNO_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uv.h b/include/uv.h
index d760dfa8..25e272e3 100644
--- a/include/uv.h
+++ b/include/uv.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern "C" {
   XX(EDESTADDRREQ, "destination address required")                            \
   XX(EEXIST, "file already exists")                                           \
   XX(EFAULT, "bad address in system call argument")                           \
+  XX(EFBIG, "file too large")                                                 \
   XX(EHOSTUNREACH, "host is unreachable")                                     \
   XX(EINTR, "interrupted system call")                                        \
   XX(EINVAL, "invalid argument")                                              \