diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/flock.go b/src/pkg/syscall/flock.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/flock.go
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+// +build linux darwin freebsd openbsd netbsd dragonfly
+
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syscall
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// fcntl64Syscall is usually SYS_FCNTL, but is overridden on 32-bit Linux
+// systems by flock_linux_32bit.go to be SYS_FCNTL64.
+var fcntl64Syscall uintptr = SYS_FCNTL
+
+// Lock performs a fcntl syscall for F_GETLK, F_SETLK or F_SETLKW commands.
+func (lk *Flock_t) Lock(fd uintptr, cmd int) error {
+	_, _, errno := Syscall(fcntl64Syscall, fd, uintptr(cmd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(lk)))
+	if errno == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return errno
+}