diff --git a/src/unistd.rs b/src/unistd.rs
index 4a7903a304..04031e3729 100644
--- a/src/unistd.rs
+++ b/src/unistd.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl ForkResult {
 /// ```no_run
 /// use nix::unistd::{fork, ForkResult};
 ///
-/// match fork() {
+/// match unsafe{fork()} {
 ///    Ok(ForkResult::Parent { child, .. }) => {
 ///        println!("Continuing execution in parent process, new child has pid: {}", child);
 ///    }
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ impl ForkResult {
 ///
 /// [async-signal-safe]: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal-safety.7.html
 #[inline]
-pub fn fork() -> Result<ForkResult> {
+pub unsafe fn fork() -> Result<ForkResult> {
     use self::ForkResult::*;
-    let res = unsafe { libc::fork() };
+    let res = libc::fork();
 
     Errno::result(res).map(|res| match res {
         0 => Child,
diff --git a/test/sys/test_ptrace.rs b/test/sys/test_ptrace.rs
index 46ea3d6a14..3b60dd7056 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_ptrace.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_ptrace.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn test_ptrace_cont() {
         return;
     }
 
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
         Child => {
             ptrace::traceme().unwrap();
             // As recommended by ptrace(2), raise SIGTRAP to pause the child
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn test_ptrace_syscall() {
 
     let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
         Child => {
             ptrace::traceme().unwrap();
             // first sigstop until parent is ready to continue
diff --git a/test/sys/test_uio.rs b/test/sys/test_uio.rs
index 236560f43a..4fa838c994 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_uio.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_uio.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ fn test_process_vm_readv() {
     let mut vector = vec![1u8, 2, 3, 4, 5];
 
     let (r, w) = pipe().unwrap();
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
         Parent { child } => {
             close(w).unwrap();
             // wait for child
diff --git a/test/sys/test_wait.rs b/test/sys/test_wait.rs
index 53b7c84ac8..d105625012 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_wait.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_wait.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn test_wait_signal() {
     let _ = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
     // Safe: The child only calls `pause` and/or `_exit`, which are async-signal-safe.
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
       Child => {
           pause();
           unsafe { _exit(123) }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn test_wait_exit() {
     let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
     // Safe: Child only calls `_exit`, which is async-signal-safe.
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
       Child => unsafe { _exit(12); },
       Parent { child } => {
           assert_eq!(waitpid(child, None), Ok(WaitStatus::Exited(child, 12)));
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn test_waitstatus_from_raw() {
 fn test_waitstatus_pid() {
     let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
-    match fork().unwrap() {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.unwrap() {
         Child => unsafe { _exit(0) },
         Parent { child } => {
             let status = waitpid(child, None).unwrap();
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ mod ptrace {
         require_capability!(CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
         let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
-        match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+        match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
             Child => ptrace_child(),
             Parent { child } => ptrace_parent(child),
         }
diff --git a/test/test_unistd.rs b/test/test_unistd.rs
index 0b2a810a48..c7a75fbe63 100644
--- a/test/test_unistd.rs
+++ b/test/test_unistd.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn test_fork_and_waitpid() {
     let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
     // Safe: Child only calls `_exit`, which is signal-safe
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
         Child => unsafe { _exit(0) },
         Parent { child } => {
             // assert that child was created and pid > 0
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn test_wait() {
     let _m = crate::FORK_MTX.lock().expect("Mutex got poisoned by another test");
 
     // Safe: Child only calls `_exit`, which is signal-safe
-    match fork().expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
+    match unsafe{fork()}.expect("Error: Fork Failed") {
         Child => unsafe { _exit(0) },
         Parent { child } => {
             let wait_status = wait();
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ macro_rules! execve_test_factory(
         // Safe: Child calls `exit`, `dup`, `close` and the provided `exec*` family function.
         // NOTE: Technically, this makes the macro unsafe to use because you could pass anything.
         //       The tests make sure not to do that, though.
-        match fork().unwrap() {
+        match unsafe{fork()}.unwrap() {
             Child => {
                 // Make `writer` be the stdout of the new process.
                 dup2(writer, 1).unwrap();