diff --git a/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp b/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
index db0eac703189747d3a0623d38e8cacbd6f8631c5..d5bd1834c2da0d5ceb194f3178f0a67b5dbaa2d0 100644
--- a/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
+++ b/indra/llvfs/llvfs.cpp
@@ -2120,7 +2120,11 @@ time_t LLVFS::creationTime()
     int errors = LLFile::stat(mDataFilename, &data_file_stat);
     if (0 == errors)
     {
-        return data_file_stat.st_ctime;
+        time_t creation_time = data_file_stat.st_ctime;
+#if LL_DARWIN
+        creation_time = data_file_stat.st_birthtime;
+#endif
+        return creation_time;
     }
     return 0;
 }