diff --git a/include/sys/time.h b/include/sys/time.h
index 7ba0ca7c2d..a57752e8c7 100644
--- a/include/sys/time.h
+++ b/include/sys/time.h
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ extern int __gettimeofday (struct timeval *__tv,
 			   struct timezone *__tz);
 libc_hidden_proto (__gettimeofday)
 libc_hidden_proto (gettimeofday)
-extern int __settimeofday (const struct timeval *__tv,
-			   const struct timezone *__tz)
+extern int __settimezone (const struct timezone *__tz)
 	attribute_hidden;
 extern int __adjtime (const struct timeval *__delta,
 		      struct timeval *__olddelta);
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
index 61e5360b4d..5fedd5733d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/syscalls.list
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ setreuid	-	setreuid	i:ii	__setreuid	setreuid
 setrlimit	-	setrlimit	i:ip	__setrlimit setrlimit
 setsid		-	setsid		i:	__setsid	setsid
 setsockopt	-	setsockopt	i:iiibn	setsockopt	__setsockopt
-settimeofday	-	settimeofday	i:PP	__settimeofday	settimeofday
 setuid		-	setuid		i:i	__setuid	setuid
 shutdown	-	shutdown	i:ii	shutdown
 sigaction	-	sigaction	i:ipp	__sigaction	sigaction
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/osf_settimeofday.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/osf_settimeofday.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a61fcab482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/osf_settimeofday.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* settimeofday -- Set the current time of day.  Linux/Alpha/tv32 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <shlib-compat.h>
+
+#if SHLIB_COMPAT (libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_1)
+
+struct timeval32
+{
+    int tv_sec, tv_usec;
+};
+
+/* Set the current time of day and timezone information.
+   This call is restricted to the super-user.  */
+int
+attribute_compat_text_section
+__settimeofday_tv32 (const struct timeval32 *tv32,
+                     const struct timezone *tz)
+{
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (tz != 0))
+    {
+      if (tv32 != 0)
+	{
+	  __set_errno (EINVAL);
+	  return -1;
+	}
+      return __settimezone (tz);
+    }
+
+  struct timespec ts;
+  ts.tv_sec = tv32->tv_sec;
+  ts.tv_nsec = tv32->tv_usec * 1000;
+  return __clock_settime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+}
+
+compat_symbol (libc, __settimeofday_tv32, settimeofday, GLIBC_2_0);
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/settimeofday.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/settimeofday.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a6901e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/settimeofday.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* settimeofday -- Set the current time of day.  Linux/Alpha/tv64 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* We can use the generic implementation, but we have to override its
+   default symbol version.  */
+#define VERSION_settimeofday GLIBC_2.1
+#include <time/settimeofday.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list
index 12cd021b60..f5a534ed68 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ pciconfig_iobase EXTRA	pciconfig_iobase 3	__pciconfig_iobase pciconfig_iobase
 
 # support old timeval32 entry points
 osf_gettimeofday -	osf_gettimeofday 2	__gettimeofday_tv32  __gettimeofday@GLIBC_2.0 gettimeofday@GLIBC_2.0
-osf_settimeofday -	osf_settimeofday 2	__settimeofday_tv32  settimeofday@GLIBC_2.0
 osf_getitimer	-	osf_getitimer	2	__getitimer_tv32  getitimer@GLIBC_2.0
 osf_setitimer	-	osf_setitimer	3	__setitimer_tv32  setitimer@GLIBC_2.0
 osf_utimes	-	osf_utimes	2	__utimes_tv32  utimes@GLIBC_2.0
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ osf_wait4	-	osf_wait4	4	__wait4_tv32  wait4@GLIBC_2.0
 
 # support new timeval64 entry points
 gettimeofday	-	gettimeofday	2	__GI___gettimeofday gettimeofday@@GLIBC_2.1 __gettimeofday@@GLIBC_2.1
-settimeofday	-	settimeofday	2	__settimeofday settimeofday@@GLIBC_2.1
 getitimer	-	getitimer	2	__getitimer getitimer@@GLIBC_2.1
 setitimer	-	setitimer	3	__setitimer setitimer@@GLIBC_2.1
 utimes		-	utimes		2	__utimes utimes@@GLIBC_2.1
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/settimezone.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/settimezone.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..823f4fe42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/settimezone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+/* Set the system-wide timezone.
+   This call is restricted to the super-user.
+   This operation is considered obsolete, kernel support may not be
+   available on all architectures.  */
+
+#ifdef __NR_settimeofday
+
+int
+__settimezone (const struct timezone *tz)
+{
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (settimeofday, NULL, tz);
+}
+
+#else
+
+#include <time/settimezone.c>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/time/Makefile b/time/Makefile
index a428f55245..d78bff85e6 100644
--- a/time/Makefile
+++ b/time/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ routines := offtime asctime clock ctime ctime_r difftime \
 	    stime dysize timegm ftime			 \
 	    getdate strptime strptime_l			 \
 	    strftime wcsftime strftime_l wcsftime_l	 \
-	    timespec_get
+	    timespec_get settimezone
 aux :=	    era alt_digit lc-time-cleanup
 
 tests	:= test_time clocktest tst-posixtz tst-strptime tst_wcsftime \
diff --git a/time/settimeofday.c b/time/settimeofday.c
index 4620559652..78f666e352 100644
--- a/time/settimeofday.c
+++ b/time/settimeofday.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
 /* Set the current time of day and timezone information.
@@ -23,9 +24,24 @@
 int
 __settimeofday (const struct timeval *tv, const struct timezone *tz)
 {
-  __set_errno (ENOSYS);
-  return -1;
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (tz != 0))
+    {
+      if (tv != 0)
+	{
+	  __set_errno (EINVAL);
+	  return -1;
+	}
+      return __settimezone (tz);
+    }
+
+  struct timespec ts;
+  TIMEVAL_TO_TIMESPEC (tv, &ts);
+  return __clock_settime (CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
 }
-stub_warning (settimeofday)
 
-weak_alias (__settimeofday, settimeofday)
+#ifdef VERSION_settimeofday
+weak_alias (__settimeofday, __settimeofday_w);
+default_symbol_version (__settimeofday_w, settimeofday, VERSION_settimeofday);
+#else
+weak_alias (__settimeofday, settimeofday);
+#endif
diff --git a/time/settimezone.c b/time/settimezone.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb005da213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/time/settimezone.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+/* Set the system-wide timezone.
+   This call is restricted to the super-user.  */
+int
+__settimezone (const struct timezone *tz)
+{
+  __set_errno (ENOSYS);
+  return -1;
+}
