diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index 4ab7c09793c..1615d9122a1 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@ def realpath(path):
             pass
     return path
 
-supports_unicode_filenames = False
+supports_unicode_filenames = True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ae2ca336a5c..0357e02bd68 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #767645: Set os.path.supports_unicode_filenames to True on Mac OS X
+  (macpath module).
+
 - Issue #9837: The read() method of ZipExtFile objects (as returned by
   ZipFile.open()) could return more bytes than requested.