diff --git a/src/external/libkqueue b/src/external/libkqueue
index 87619c6fe..61ab68ad6 160000
--- a/src/external/libkqueue
+++ b/src/external/libkqueue
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 87619c6fed500fe35eefb5c0d200176ebff40fd6
+Subproject commit 61ab68ad6db65225a5337d5b6a19de2e1371c355
diff --git a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/unistd/close.c b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/unistd/close.c
index 10ad81d86..f789def4f 100644
--- a/src/kernel/emulation/linux/unistd/close.c
+++ b/src/kernel/emulation/linux/unistd/close.c
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #include "../errno.h"
 #include <linux-syscalls/linux.h>
 
+__attribute__((weak))
+__attribute__((visibility("default")))
+int kqueue_close(int kq) { return -1; }
+
 long sys_close(int fd)
 {
 	return sys_close_nocancel(fd);
@@ -15,6 +19,8 @@ long sys_close_nocancel(int fd)
 	ret = LINUX_SYSCALL1(__NR_close, fd);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		ret = errno_linux_to_bsd(ret);
+	else
+		kqueue_close(fd);
 
 	return ret;
 }