diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index ae55dd8..aebde0c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -337,8 +337,7 @@
 .. data:: supports_unicode_filenames
 
    True if arbitrary Unicode strings can be used as file names (within limitations
-   imposed by the file system), and if :func:`os.listdir` returns Unicode strings
-   for a Unicode argument.
+   imposed by the file system).
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.3
 
diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index b22759e..cd4cb85 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -212,4 +212,4 @@
             pass
     return path
 
-supports_unicode_filenames = False
+supports_unicode_filenames = True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 645f0e6..0ee1605 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #767645: Set os.path.supports_unicode_filenames to True on Mac OS X
+  (macpath module).
+
 - Issue #9837: The read() method of ZipExtFile objects (as returned by
   ZipFile.open()) could return more bytes than requested.