diff -r 5366fee4fef8 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Thu May 28 07:58:44 2009 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Thu May 28 05:24:09 2009 -0400
@@ -1081,6 +1081,8 @@
 
 - Issue #5228: Make functools.partial objects can now be pickled.
 
+- Issue #3425: Always use utimes() when it is available.
+
 Tests
 -----
 
diff -r 5366fee4fef8 Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Thu May 28 07:58:44 2009 +0200
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Thu May 28 05:24:09 2009 -0400
@@ -2951,9 +2951,15 @@
 		return NULL;
 	if (arg == Py_None) {
 		/* optional time values not given */
+#ifdef HAVE_UTIMES
+                Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+                res = utimes(path, NULL);
+                Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+#else
 		Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
 		res = utime(path, NULL);
 		Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+#endif /* HAVE_UTIMES */
 	}
 	else if (!PyTuple_Check(arg) || PyTuple_Size(arg) != 2) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,