diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_box_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_box_file.rs
index d518c7069ec..b55a8b415e6 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_box_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_box_file.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ impl VirtualFile for ArcBoxFile {
         let inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
         inner.created_time()
     }
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        inner.set_times(atime, mtime)
+    }
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         let inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
         inner.size()
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
index 4e980e02033..088f6e5ce02 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/arc_file.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ where
         let inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
         inner.created_time()
     }
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        inner.set_times(atime, mtime)
+    }
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         let inner = self.inner.lock().unwrap();
         inner.size()
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/combine_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/combine_file.rs
index f3db42ca58c..951de2e5a2f 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/combine_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/combine_file.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ impl VirtualFile for CombineFile {
         self.tx.created_time()
     }
 
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        self.tx.set_times(atime, mtime)
+    }
+
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         self.rx.size()
     }
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/cow_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/cow_file.rs
index 4030981854e..643dc2a0554 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/cow_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/cow_file.rs
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ impl VirtualFile for CopyOnWriteFile {
     fn created_time(&self) -> u64 {
         self.created_time
     }
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        if let Some(atime) = atime {
+            self.last_accessed = atime;
+        }
+        if let Some(mtime) = mtime {
+            self.last_modified = mtime;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         match self.state.as_ref() {
             Some(inner) => inner.size(),
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/dual_write_file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/dual_write_file.rs
index ef27a3f89d1..bf71ad41e86 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/dual_write_file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/dual_write_file.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ impl VirtualFile for DualWriteFile {
         self.inner.created_time()
     }
 
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        self.inner.set_times(atime, mtime)
+    }
+
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         self.inner.size()
     }
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/host_fs.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/host_fs.rs
index bac84f944b0..43048b2dc21 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/host_fs.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/host_fs.rs
@@ -434,6 +434,14 @@ impl VirtualFile for File {
             .unwrap_or(0)
     }
 
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let atime = atime.map(|t| filetime::FileTime::from_unix_time(t as i64, 0));
+        let mtime = mtime.map(|t| filetime::FileTime::from_unix_time(t as i64, 0));
+
+        filetime::set_file_handle_times(&self.inner_std, atime, mtime)
+            .map_err(|_| crate::FsError::IOError)
+    }
+
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         self.metadata().len()
     }
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/lib.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/lib.rs
index 7fb2343490a..f3a4f66d2a0 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/lib.rs
@@ -336,6 +336,12 @@ pub trait VirtualFile:
     /// the time at which the file was created in nanoseconds as a UNIX timestamp
     fn created_time(&self) -> u64;
 
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    /// sets accessed and modified time
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// the size of the file in bytes
     fn size(&self) -> u64;
 
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/mem_fs/file.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
index 1a4336553f8..77a9dedf8c9 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,27 @@ impl VirtualFile for FileHandle {
         node.metadata().created
     }
 
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let mut fs = match self.filesystem.inner.write() {
+            Ok(fs) => fs,
+            _ => return Err(crate::FsError::Lock),
+        };
+
+        let inode = fs.storage.get_mut(self.inode);
+        if let Some(node) = inode {
+            if let Some(atime) = atime {
+                node.metadata_mut().accessed = atime;
+            }
+            if let Some(mtime) = mtime {
+                node.metadata_mut().modified = mtime;
+            }
+
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        Err(crate::FsError::UnknownError)
+    }
+
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         let fs = match self.filesystem.inner.read() {
             Ok(fs) => fs,
diff --git a/lib/virtual-fs/src/trace_fs.rs b/lib/virtual-fs/src/trace_fs.rs
index 461b1cbf4fe..86abc0687bd 100644
--- a/lib/virtual-fs/src/trace_fs.rs
+++ b/lib/virtual-fs/src/trace_fs.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ impl VirtualFile for TraceFile {
         self.file.created_time()
     }
 
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self), fields(path=%self.path.display()))]
+    fn set_times(&mut self, atime: Option<u64>, mtime: Option<u64>) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        self.file.set_times(atime, mtime)
+    }
+
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self), fields(path=%self.path.display()))]
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         self.file.size()
diff --git a/lib/wasix/src/fs/inode_guard.rs b/lib/wasix/src/fs/inode_guard.rs
index c944b9d0700..aca0e161c24 100644
--- a/lib/wasix/src/fs/inode_guard.rs
+++ b/lib/wasix/src/fs/inode_guard.rs
@@ -510,6 +510,19 @@ impl VirtualFile for WasiStateFileGuard {
         }
     }
 
+    fn set_times(
+        &mut self,
+        atime: Option<u64>,
+        mtime: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> Result<(), virtual_fs::FsError> {
+        let mut guard = self.lock_write();
+        if let Some(file) = guard.as_mut() {
+            file.set_times(atime, mtime)
+        } else {
+            Err(crate::FsError::Lock)
+        }
+    }
+
     fn size(&self) -> u64 {
         let guard = self.lock_read();
         if let Some(file) = guard.as_ref() {
diff --git a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/fd_filestat_set_times.rs b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/fd_filestat_set_times.rs
index df7db200bc1..9add80b56d3 100644
--- a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/fd_filestat_set_times.rs
+++ b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/fd_filestat_set_times.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::borrow::BorrowMut;
+
 use super::*;
 use crate::syscalls::*;
 
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ pub(crate) fn fd_filestat_set_times_internal(
 
     let inode = fd_entry.inode;
 
+    let mut atime = None;
+    let mut mtime = None;
+
     if fst_flags.contains(Fstflags::SET_ATIM) || fst_flags.contains(Fstflags::SET_ATIM_NOW) {
         let time_to_set = if fst_flags.contains(Fstflags::SET_ATIM) {
             st_atim
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fd_filestat_set_times_internal(
             get_current_time_in_nanos()?
         };
         inode.stat.write().unwrap().st_atim = time_to_set;
+        atime = Some(time_to_set);
     }
 
     if fst_flags.contains(Fstflags::SET_MTIM) || fst_flags.contains(Fstflags::SET_MTIM_NOW) {
@@ -75,6 +81,17 @@ pub(crate) fn fd_filestat_set_times_internal(
             get_current_time_in_nanos()?
         };
         inode.stat.write().unwrap().st_mtim = time_to_set;
+        mtime = Some(time_to_set);
+    }
+
+    if let Kind::File {
+        handle: Some(handle),
+        ..
+    } = inode.kind.write().unwrap().deref()
+    {
+        let mut handle = handle.write().unwrap();
+
+        handle.set_times(atime, mtime);
     }
 
     Ok(())