diff --git a/unix/sockcmsg_dragonfly.go b/unix/sockcmsg_dragonfly.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5144deec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/sockcmsg_dragonfly.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package unix
+
+// Round the length of a raw sockaddr up to align it properly.
+func cmsgAlignOf(salen int) int {
+	salign := SizeofPtr
+	if SizeofPtr == 8 && !supportsABI(_dragonflyABIChangeVersion) {
+		// 64-bit Dragonfly before the September 2019 ABI changes still requires
+		// 32-bit aligned access to network subsystem.
+		salign = 4
+	}
+	return (salen + salign - 1) & ^(salign - 1)
+}
diff --git a/unix/sockcmsg_unix.go b/unix/sockcmsg_unix.go
index 1614dc67..003916ed 100644
--- a/unix/sockcmsg_unix.go
+++ b/unix/sockcmsg_unix.go
@@ -9,35 +9,9 @@
 package unix
 
 import (
-	"runtime"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
-// Round the length of a raw sockaddr up to align it properly.
-func cmsgAlignOf(salen int) int {
-	salign := SizeofPtr
-
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "aix":
-		// There is no alignment on AIX.
-		salign = 1
-	case "darwin", "dragonfly", "solaris", "illumos":
-		// NOTE: It seems like 64-bit Darwin, DragonFly BSD,
-		// illumos, and Solaris kernels still require 32-bit
-		// aligned access to network subsystem.
-		if SizeofPtr == 8 {
-			salign = 4
-		}
-	case "netbsd", "openbsd":
-		// NetBSD and OpenBSD armv7 require 64-bit alignment.
-		if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" {
-			salign = 8
-		}
-	}
-
-	return (salen + salign - 1) & ^(salign - 1)
-}
-
 // CmsgLen returns the value to store in the Len field of the Cmsghdr
 // structure, taking into account any necessary alignment.
 func CmsgLen(datalen int) int {
diff --git a/unix/sockcmsg_unix_other.go b/unix/sockcmsg_unix_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d08dae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/sockcmsg_unix_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build aix darwin freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
+
+package unix
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// Round the length of a raw sockaddr up to align it properly.
+func cmsgAlignOf(salen int) int {
+	salign := SizeofPtr
+
+	// dragonfly needs to check ABI version at runtime, see cmsgAlignOf in
+	// sockcmsg_dragonfly.go
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "aix":
+		// There is no alignment on AIX.
+		salign = 1
+	case "darwin", "illumos", "solaris":
+		// NOTE: It seems like 64-bit Darwin, Illumos and Solaris
+		// kernels still require 32-bit aligned access to network
+		// subsystem.
+		if SizeofPtr == 8 {
+			salign = 4
+		}
+	case "netbsd", "openbsd":
+		// NetBSD and OpenBSD armv7 require 64-bit alignment.
+		if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" {
+			salign = 8
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (salen + salign - 1) & ^(salign - 1)
+}
diff --git a/unix/syscall_dragonfly.go b/unix/syscall_dragonfly.go
index 8c8d5029..7387eb2a 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_dragonfly.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_dragonfly.go
@@ -12,9 +12,25 @@
 
 package unix
 
-import "unsafe"
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"unsafe"
+)
 
-//sys	sysctl(mib []_C_int, old *byte, oldlen *uintptr, new *byte, newlen uintptr) (err error) = SYS___SYSCTL
+// See version list in https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DragonFlyBSD/blob/master/sys/sys/param.h
+var (
+	osreldateOnce sync.Once
+	osreldate     uint32
+)
+
+// First __DragonFly_version after September 2019 ABI changes
+// http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2019-September/358280.html
+const _dragonflyABIChangeVersion = 500705
+
+func supportsABI(ver uint32) bool {
+	osreldateOnce.Do(func() { osreldate, _ = SysctlUint32("kern.osreldate") })
+	return osreldate >= ver
+}
 
 // SockaddrDatalink implements the Sockaddr interface for AF_LINK type sockets.
 type SockaddrDatalink struct {