diff --git a/internal/fastwalk/fastwalk_unix.go b/internal/fastwalk/fastwalk_unix.go
index e4edb5cde..58bd87841 100644
--- a/internal/fastwalk/fastwalk_unix.go
+++ b/internal/fastwalk/fastwalk_unix.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const blockSize = 8 << 10
 const unknownFileMode os.FileMode = os.ModeNamedPipe | os.ModeSocket | os.ModeDevice
 
 func readDir(dirName string, fn func(dirName, entName string, typ os.FileMode) error) error {
-	fd, err := syscall.Open(dirName, 0, 0)
+	fd, err := open(dirName, 0, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return &os.PathError{Op: "open", Path: dirName, Err: err}
 	}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func readDir(dirName string, fn func(dirName, entName string, typ os.FileMode) e
 	for {
 		if bufp >= nbuf {
 			bufp = 0
-			nbuf, err = syscall.ReadDirent(fd, buf)
+			nbuf, err = readDirent(fd, buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				return os.NewSyscallError("readdirent", err)
 			}
@@ -127,3 +127,27 @@ func parseDirEnt(buf []byte) (consumed int, name string, typ os.FileMode) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// According to https://golang.org/doc/go1.14#runtime
+// A consequence of the implementation of preemption is that on Unix systems, including Linux and macOS
+// systems, programs built with Go 1.14 will receive more signals than programs built with earlier releases.
+//
+// This causes syscall.Open and syscall.ReadDirent sometimes fail with EINTR errors.
+// We need to retry in this case.
+func open(path string, mode int, perm uint32) (fd int, err error) {
+	for {
+		fd, err := syscall.Open(path, mode, perm)
+		if err != syscall.EINTR {
+			return fd, err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func readDirent(fd int, buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	for {
+		nbuf, err := syscall.ReadDirent(fd, buf)
+		if err != syscall.EINTR {
+			return nbuf, err
+		}
+	}
+}