diff --git a/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Milli.scala b/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Milli.scala
index a7bb32ef..b9dfb4e4 100644
--- a/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Milli.scala
+++ b/io/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/io/Milli.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.util.Date
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import java.nio.ByteOrder
-import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.{ Files, NoSuchFileException }
 import java.nio.file.{ Paths => JPaths }
 import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime
 
@@ -319,11 +319,19 @@ private abstract class MilliMilliseconds extends Milli {
 
 private object JavaMilli extends MilliMilliseconds {
   def getModifiedTime(filePath: String): Long =
-    Files.getLastModifiedTime(JPaths.get(filePath)).toMillis
-  def setModifiedTime(filePath: String, mtime: Long): Unit = {
-    Files.setLastModifiedTime(JPaths.get(filePath), FileTime.fromMillis(mtime))
-    ()
-  }
+    mapNoSuchFileException(Files.getLastModifiedTime(JPaths.get(filePath)).toMillis)
+  def setModifiedTime(filePath: String, mtime: Long): Unit =
+    mapNoSuchFileException {
+      Files.setLastModifiedTime(JPaths.get(filePath), FileTime.fromMillis(mtime))
+      ()
+    }
+
+  private def mapNoSuchFileException[A](f: => A): A =
+    try {
+      f
+    } catch {
+      case e: NoSuchFileException => throw new FileNotFoundException(e.getFile).initCause(e)
+    }
 }
 
 object Milli {
diff --git a/io/src/test/scala/sbt/io/IOSpec.scala b/io/src/test/scala/sbt/io/IOSpec.scala
index 11621eb7..89711800 100644
--- a/io/src/test/scala/sbt/io/IOSpec.scala
+++ b/io/src/test/scala/sbt/io/IOSpec.scala
@@ -61,4 +61,8 @@ class IOSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     val u = IO.toURI(file("src") / "main" / "scala")
     assert(IO.toFile(u) == (file("src") / "main" / "scala"))
   }
+
+  "getModifiedTimeOrZero" should "return 0L if the file doesn't exists" in {
+    assert(IO.getModifiedTimeOrZero(file("/not/existing/path")) == 0L)
+  }
 }