diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3df43486..81abce58 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 gl_GETOPT
 
 # Find the best function to set timestamps.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimens futimes futimesat utimes utime], [break])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimens futimes futimesat utimes _futime utime], [break])
 
 # This is nice to have but not mandatory.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([posix_fadvise])
diff --git a/src/xz/file_io.c b/src/xz/file_io.c
index 2ca188bd..c01f4e8b 100644
--- a/src/xz/file_io.c
+++ b/src/xz/file_io.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ static bool warn_fchown;
 
 #if defined(HAVE_FUTIMES) || defined(HAVE_FUTIMESAT) || defined(HAVE_UTIMES)
 #	include <sys/time.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE__FUTIME)
+#	include <sys/utime.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_UTIME)
 #	include <utime.h>
 #endif
@@ -457,6 +459,22 @@ io_copy_attrs(const file_pair *pair)
 	(void)utimes(pair->dest_name, tv);
 #	endif
 
+#elif defined(HAVE__FUTIME)
+	// Use one-second precision with Windows-specific _futime().
+	// We could use utime() too except that for some reason the
+	// timestamp will get reset at close(). With _futime() it works.
+	// This struct cannot be const as _futime() takes a non-const pointer.
+	struct _utimbuf buf = {
+		.actime = pair->src_st.st_atime,
+		.modtime = pair->src_st.st_mtime,
+	};
+
+	// Avoid warnings.
+	(void)atime_nsec;
+	(void)mtime_nsec;
+
+	(void)_futime(pair->dest_fd, &buf);
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_UTIME)
 	// Use one-second precision. utime() doesn't support using file
 	// descriptor either. Some systems have broken utime() prototype