--- elfutils-0.161/src/ar.c.orig	2016-10-05 14:39:38.874247793 -0400
+++ elfutils-0.161/src/ar.c	2016-10-05 15:13:41.983019138 -0400
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
 
 #include "arlib.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FUTIMES
+# define FUTIMES(fd, fname, tvp) futimes (fd, tvp)
+#else
+# define FUTIMES(fd, fname, tvp) utimes (fname, tvp)
+#endif
 
 /* Name and version of program.  */
 static void print_version (FILE *stream, struct argp_state *state);
@@ -692,7 +697,8 @@
 		  tv[1].tv_sec = arhdr->ar_date;
 		  tv[1].tv_usec = 0;
 
-		  if (unlikely (futimes (xfd, tv) != 0))
+		  if (unlikely (FUTIMES (xfd, use_mkstemp ? tempfname :
+			arhdr->ar_name, tv) != 0))
 		    {
 		      error (0, errno,
 			     gettext ("cannot change modification time of %s"),