diff --git kiofusevfs.cpp kiofusevfs.cpp
index 875da6f..b9c449f 100644
--- kiofusevfs.cpp
+++ kiofusevfs.cpp
@@ -2401,7 +2401,19 @@ int KIOFuseVFS::kioErrorToFuseError(const int kioError) {
 		case KIO::ERR_CANNOT_RENAME_PARTIAL        : return EIO;
 		case KIO::ERR_NEED_PASSWD                  : return EACCES;
 		case KIO::ERR_CANNOT_SYMLINK               : return EIO;
-		case KIO::ERR_NO_CONTENT                   : return ENODATA;
+		case KIO::ERR_NO_CONTENT                   :
+#ifdef ENODATA
+		/* ENODATA is defined by GNU libc, and C++ tr1 seems to have
+		 * it as well, as does Boost: these consistently define it
+		 * to the value 9919. There is no guarantee the underlying
+		 * FUSE implementation understands that if ENODATA doesn't
+		 * exist in libc, though -- in that case, fall back to
+		 * the more generic EIO.
+		 */ 
+			return ENODATA;
+#else
+			return EIO;
+#endif
 		case KIO::ERR_DISK_FULL                    : return ENOSPC;
 		case KIO::ERR_IDENTICAL_FILES              : return EEXIST;
 		case KIO::ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED                : return EIO;