diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index a0d08e5216..d42ce6d8b8 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static int local_mknod(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path,
 
     if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED ||
         fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
-        err = mknodat(dirfd, name, fs_ctx->fmode | S_IFREG, 0);
+        err = qemu_mknodat(dirfd, name, fs_ctx->fmode | S_IFREG, 0);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static int local_mknod(FsContext *fs_ctx, V9fsPath *dir_path,
         }
     } else if (fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_PASSTHROUGH ||
                fs_ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_NONE) {
-        err = mknodat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode, credp->fc_rdev);
+        err = qemu_mknodat(dirfd, name, credp->fc_mode, credp->fc_rdev);
         if (err == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
index cdb4c9e24c..bec0253474 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-darwin.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/xattr.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "9p-util.h"
 
 ssize_t fgetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
@@ -62,3 +64,34 @@ int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
     close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * As long as mknodat is not available on macOS, this workaround
+ * using pthread_fchdir_np is needed.
+ *
+ * Radar filed with Apple for implementing mknodat:
+ * rdar://FB9862426 (https://openradar.appspot.com/FB9862426)
+ */
+#if defined CONFIG_PTHREAD_FCHDIR_NP
+
+int qemu_mknodat(int dirfd, const char *filename, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+    int preserved_errno, err;
+    if (!pthread_fchdir_np) {
+        error_report_once("pthread_fchdir_np() not available on this version of macOS");
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+    if (pthread_fchdir_np(dirfd) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    err = mknod(filename, mode, dev);
+    preserved_errno = errno;
+    /* Stop using the thread-local cwd */
+    pthread_fchdir_np(-1);
+    if (err < 0) {
+        errno = preserved_errno;
+    }
+    return err;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
index 398614a5d0..db451b0784 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util-linux.c
@@ -61,4 +61,10 @@ int fsetxattrat_nofollow(int dirfd, const char *filename, const char *name,
     ret = lsetxattr(proc_path, name, value, size, flags);
     g_free(proc_path);
     return ret;
+
+}
+
+int qemu_mknodat(int dirfd, const char *filename, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
+{
+    return mknodat(dirfd, filename, mode, dev);
 }
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index be8dc1a43a..73b08c5561 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -114,5 +114,16 @@ static inline off_t qemu_dirent_off(struct dirent *dent)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * As long as mknodat is not available on macOS, this workaround
+ * using pthread_fchdir_np is needed. qemu_mknodat is defined in
+ * os-posix.c. pthread_fchdir_np is weakly linked here as a guard
+ * in case it disappears in future macOS versions, because it is
+ * is a private API.
+ */
+#if defined CONFIG_DARWIN && defined CONFIG_PTHREAD_FCHDIR_NP
+int pthread_fchdir_np(int fd) __attribute__((weak_import));
+#endif
+int qemu_mknodat(int dirfd, const char *filename, mode_t mode, dev_t dev);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 038502714a..40598630e6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_FALLOCATE', cc.has_function('posix_fallocate'
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_POSIX_MEMALIGN', cc.has_function('posix_memalign'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PPOLL', cc.has_function('ppoll'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PREADV', cc.has_function('preadv', prefix: '#include <sys/uio.h>'))
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PTHREAD_FCHDIR_NP', cc.has_function('pthread_fchdir_np'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SEM_TIMEDWAIT', cc.has_function('sem_timedwait', dependencies: threads))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SENDFILE', cc.has_function('sendfile'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SETNS', cc.has_function('setns') and cc.has_function('unshare'))