diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
index 0c85f47..ab7f22d 100644
--- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@
         if (ins(d, "F_SHLCK", (long)F_SHLCK)) return -1;
 #endif
 
+/* OS X (and maybe others) let you tell the storage device to flush to physical media */
+#ifdef F_FULLFSYNC
+        if (ins(d, "F_FULLFSYNC", (long)F_FULLFSYNC)) return -1;
+#endif
+
 /* For F_{GET|SET}FL */
 #ifdef FD_CLOEXEC
         if (ins(d, "FD_CLOEXEC", (long)FD_CLOEXEC)) return -1;