diff --git a/libgo/config.h.in b/libgo/config.h.in
index 2976e979a36..d604392323a 100644
--- a/libgo/config.h.in
+++ b/libgo/config.h.in
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `random' function. */
 #undef HAVE_RANDOM
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `setenv' function. */
+#undef HAVE_SETENV
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `srandom' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SRANDOM
 
diff --git a/libgo/configure b/libgo/configure
index 565bc89a341..4bf5a2e6096 100755
--- a/libgo/configure
+++ b/libgo/configure
@@ -14271,7 +14271,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-for ac_func in srandom random strerror_r strsignal wait4 mincore
+for ac_func in srandom random strerror_r strsignal wait4 mincore setenv
 do :
   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
diff --git a/libgo/configure.ac b/libgo/configure.ac
index 2451214f768..8a5ffb723a4 100644
--- a/libgo/configure.ac
+++ b/libgo/configure.ac
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ esac
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h syscall.h sys/epoll.h sys/ptrace.h sys/syscall.h sys/user.h sys/utsname.h sys/select.h)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H, test "$ac_cv_header_sys_mman_h" = yes)
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(srandom random strerror_r strsignal wait4 mincore)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(srandom random strerror_r strsignal wait4 mincore setenv)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_STRERROR_R, test "$ac_cv_func_strerror_r" = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_WAIT4, test "$ac_cv_func_wait4" = yes)
 
diff --git a/libgo/runtime/go-setenv.c b/libgo/runtime/go-setenv.c
index 20f99399759..9c93f52668e 100644
--- a/libgo/runtime/go-setenv.c
+++ b/libgo/runtime/go-setenv.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
    Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
    license that can be found in the LICENSE file.  */
 
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -25,24 +27,38 @@ setenv_c (struct __go_string k, struct __go_string v)
 
   ks = k.__data;
   kn = NULL;
+  vs = v.__data;
+  vn = NULL;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SETENV
+
   if (ks[k.__length] != 0)
     {
       kn = __go_alloc (k.__length + 1);
-      __builtin_memcpy (kn, k.__data, k.__length);
+      __builtin_memcpy (kn, ks, k.__length);
       ks = kn;
     }
 
-  vs = v.__data;
-  vn = NULL;
   if (vs[v.__length] != 0)
     {
       vn = __go_alloc (v.__length + 1);
-      __builtin_memcpy (vn, v.__data, v.__length);
+      __builtin_memcpy (vn, vs, v.__length);
       vs = vn;
     }
 
   setenv ((const char *) ks, (const char *) vs, 1);
 
+#else /* !defined(HAVE_SETENV) */
+
+  kn = malloc (k.__length + v.__length + 2);
+  __builtin_memcpy (kn, ks, k.__length);
+  kn[k.__length] = '=';
+  __builtin_memcpy (kn + k.__length + 1, vs, v.__length);
+  kn[k.__length + v.__length + 1] = '\0';
+  putenv ((char *) kn);
+
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SETENV) */
+
   if (kn != NULL)
     __go_free (kn);
   if (vn != NULL)