diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index d4c28ce..64f133e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * CHANGELOG.
  */
 
+04032008 - Fixed PHYSFS_openAppend() to work as documented on Unix.
 03122008 - Fixed aliasing bug in Windows platform layer (thanks, Dennis!).
 03102008 - Changed some text files from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8. Replaced all the
            translations with UTF-8 encoded equivalents.
diff --git a/platform/posix.c b/platform/posix.c
index 0051255..2a93328 100644
--- a/platform/posix.c
+++ b/platform/posix.c
@@ -236,13 +236,26 @@ int __PHYSFS_platformMkDir(const char *path)
 
 static void *doOpen(const char *filename, int mode)
 {
+    const int appending = (mode & O_APPEND);
     int fd;
     int *retval;
     errno = 0;
 
+    /* O_APPEND doesn't actually behave as we'd like. */
+    mode &= ~O_APPEND;
+
     fd = open(filename, mode, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     BAIL_IF_MACRO(fd < 0, strerror(errno), NULL);
 
+    if (appending)
+    {
+        if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) < 0)
+        {
+            close(fd);
+            BAIL_MACRO(strerror(errno), NULL);
+        } /* if */
+    } /* if */
+
     retval = (int *) allocator.Malloc(sizeof (int));
     if (retval == NULL)
     {