diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c
index f386fdfcf..73921a2c9 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.c
+++ b/libguile/posix.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  * 
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0,
   
   if (SCM_UNBNDP (actime))
     {
-#if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
+#ifdef HAVE_UTIMENSAT
       atim_sec = 0;
       atim_nsec = UTIME_NOW;
 #else
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0,
   
   if (SCM_UNBNDP (modtime))
     {
-#if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
+#ifdef HAVE_UTIMENSAT
       mtim_sec = 0;
       mtim_nsec = UTIME_NOW;
 #else
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0,
   else
     f = SCM_NUM2INT (6, flags);
 
-#if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
+#ifdef HAVE_UTIMENSAT
   {
     struct timespec times[2];
     times[0].tv_sec = atim_sec;
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_utime, "utime", 1, 5, 0,
     times[1].tv_nsec = mtim_nsec;
 
     STRING_SYSCALL (pathname, c_pathname,
-                    rv = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, c_pathname, &times, f));
+                    rv = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, c_pathname, times, f));
   }
 #else
   {
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/posix.test b/test-suite/tests/posix.test
index 06b70baa0..6cfecee1a 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/posix.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/posix.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; posix.test --- Test suite for Guile POSIX functions. -*- scheme -*-
 ;;;;
-;;;; Copyright 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; Copyright 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -160,4 +160,23 @@
           (throw 'unsupported)
           (ttyname file)))))
 
+;;
+;; utimes
+;;
 
+(with-test-prefix "utime"
+
+  (pass-if "valid argument (second resolution)"
+    (let ((file "posix.test-utime"))
+      (dynamic-wind
+        (lambda ()
+          (close-port (open-output-file file)))
+        (lambda ()
+          (let* ((accessed (+ (current-time) 3600))
+                 (modified (- accessed 1000)))
+            (utime file accessed modified)
+            (let ((info (stat file)))
+              (and (= (stat:atime info) accessed)
+                   (= (stat:mtime info) modified)))))
+        (lambda ()
+          (delete-file file))))))