diff --git a/src/unix/error.c b/src/unix/error.c
index 703b5fde..e01d06ac 100644
--- a/src/unix/error.c
+++ b/src/unix/error.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ uv_err_code uv_translate_sys_error(int sys_errno) {
     case EBADF: return UV_EBADF;
     case EPIPE: return UV_EPIPE;
     case EAGAIN: return UV_EAGAIN;
+#if EWOULDBLOCK != EAGAIN
+    case EWOULDBLOCK: return UV_EAGAIN;
+#endif
     case ECONNRESET: return UV_ECONNRESET;
     case EFAULT: return UV_EFAULT;
     case EMFILE: return UV_EMFILE;