diff --git a/src/os/file_plan9.go b/src/os/file_plan9.go
index 085ebc4c8a..c83fa028b9 100644
--- a/src/os/file_plan9.go
+++ b/src/os/file_plan9.go
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ func rename(oldname, newname string) error {
 
 	// If newname still contains slashes after removing the oldname
 	// prefix, the rename is cross-directory and must be rejected.
-	// This case is caught by d.Marshal below.
+	if lastIndex(newname, '/') >= 0 {
+		return &LinkError{"rename", oldname, newname, ErrInvalid}
+	}
 
 	var d syscall.Dir
 
@@ -351,6 +353,13 @@ func rename(oldname, newname string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return &LinkError{"rename", oldname, newname, err}
 	}
+
+	// If newname already exists and is not a directory, rename replaces it.
+	f, err := Stat(dirname + newname)
+	if err == nil && !f.IsDir() {
+		Remove(dirname + newname)
+	}
+
 	if err = syscall.Wstat(oldname, buf[:n]); err != nil {
 		return &LinkError{"rename", oldname, newname, err}
 	}
diff --git a/src/os/os_test.go b/src/os/os_test.go
index 5689e775f7..945724b2b2 100644
--- a/src/os/os_test.go
+++ b/src/os/os_test.go
@@ -773,9 +773,6 @@ func TestRename(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRenameOverwriteDest(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "plan9" {
-		t.Skip("skipping on plan9")
-	}
 	defer chtmpdir(t)()
 	from, to := "renamefrom", "renameto"
 	// Just in case.