diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 2cc9a5dbfb..c3526144c9 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -58,6 +58,36 @@ static inline uint64_t host_dev_to_dotl_dev(dev_t dev)
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Translates errno from host -> Linux if needed */
+static inline int errno_to_dotl(int err) {
+#if defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
+    /* nothing to translate (Linux -> Linux) */
+#elif defined(CONFIG_DARWIN)
+    /*
+     * translation mandatory for macOS hosts
+     *
+     * FIXME: Only most important errnos translated here yet, this should be
+     * extended to as many errnos being translated as possible in future.
+     */
+    if (err == ENAMETOOLONG) {
+        err = 36; /* ==ENAMETOOLONG on Linux */
+    } else if (err == ENOTEMPTY) {
+        err = 39; /* ==ENOTEMPTY on Linux */
+    } else if (err == ELOOP) {
+        err = 40; /* ==ELOOP on Linux */
+    } else if (err == ENOATTR) {
+        err = 61; /* ==ENODATA on Linux */
+    } else if (err == ENOTSUP) {
+        err = 95; /* ==EOPNOTSUPP on Linux */
+    } else if (err == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+        err = 95; /* ==EOPNOTSUPP on Linux */
+    }
+#else
+#error Missing errno translation to Linux for this host system
+#endif
+    return err;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN
 #define qemu_fgetxattr(...) fgetxattr(__VA_ARGS__, 0, 0)
 #define qemu_lgetxattr(...) getxattr(__VA_ARGS__, 0, XATTR_NOFOLLOW)
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index 4a296a0b94..0cd0c14c2a 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -1054,6 +1054,8 @@ static void coroutine_fn pdu_complete(V9fsPDU *pdu, ssize_t len)
             }
             len += ret;
             id = P9_RERROR;
+        } else {
+            err = errno_to_dotl(err);
         }
 
         ret = pdu_marshal(pdu, len, "d", err);