diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index c6e5acb874c52d..c360c7a35e1921 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -6486,7 +6486,11 @@ operations.
 
 The following constants are exported by `fs.constants`.
 
-Not every constant will be available on every operating system.
+Not every constant will be available on every operating system;
+this is especially important for Windows, where many of the POSIX specific
+definitions are not available.
+For portable applications it is recommended to check for their presence
+before use.
 
 To use more than one constant, use the bitwise OR `|` operator.
 
@@ -6539,6 +6543,8 @@ The following constants are meant for use as the `mode` parameter passed to
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+The definitions are also available on Windows.
+
 ##### File copy constants
 
 The following constants are meant for use with [`fs.copyFile()`][].
@@ -6567,6 +6573,8 @@ The following constants are meant for use with [`fs.copyFile()`][].
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+The definitions are also available on Windows.
+
 ##### File open constants
 
 The following constants are meant for use with `fs.open()`.
@@ -6661,6 +6669,9 @@ The following constants are meant for use with `fs.open()`.
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+On Windows, only `O_APPEND`, `O_CREAT`, `O_EXCL`, `O_RDONLY`, `O_RDWR`,
+`O_TRUNC`, `O_WRONLY` and `UV_FS_O_FILEMAP` are available.
+
 ##### File type constants
 
 The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
@@ -6705,6 +6716,9 @@ The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+On Windows, only `S_IFCHR`, `S_IFDIR`, `S_IFLNK`, `S_IFMT`, and `S_IFREG`,
+are available.
+
 ##### File mode constants
 
 The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
@@ -6765,6 +6779,8 @@ The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
   </tr>
 </table>
 
+On Windows, only `S_IRUSR` and `S_IWUSR` are available.
+
 ## Notes
 
 ### Ordering of callback and promise-based operations
diff --git a/src/node_constants.cc b/src/node_constants.cc
index 38c8f2738b4bad..3269e3003acd4d 100644
--- a/src/node_constants.cc
+++ b/src/node_constants.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <io.h>  // _S_IREAD _S_IWRITE
+#ifndef S_IRUSR
+#define S_IRUSR _S_IREAD
+#endif  // S_IRUSR
+#ifndef S_IWUSR
+#define S_IWUSR _S_IWRITE
+#endif  // S_IWUSR
+#endif
+
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <csignal>
 #include <limits>
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-constants.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..49bcabd80873b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// Check if the two constants accepted by chmod() on Windows are defined.
+assert.notStrictEqual(fs.constants.S_IRUSR, undefined);
+assert.notStrictEqual(fs.constants.S_IWUSR, undefined);