diff --git a/changelog/2374.added.md b/changelog/2374.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed0ed25675
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `open` flag `O_SEARCH` to AIX, Empscripten, FreeBSD, Fuchsia, solarish, WASI
diff --git a/src/fcntl.rs b/src/fcntl.rs
index 16af6e6d86..a33b2642d3 100644
--- a/src/fcntl.rs
+++ b/src/fcntl.rs
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ libc_bitflags!(
         /// Similar to `O_DSYNC` but applies to `read`s instead.
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", netbsdlike))]
         O_RSYNC;
-        /// Skip search permission checks.
-        #[cfg(target_os = "netbsd")]
+        /// Open directory for search only. Skip search permission checks on
+        /// later `openat()` calls using the obtained file descriptor.
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "freebsd", solarish, target_os = "fuchsia", target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "aix", target_os = "wasi"))]
         O_SEARCH;
         /// Open with a shared file lock.
         #[cfg(any(bsd, target_os = "redox"))]