diff --git a/include/sys/types_internal.h b/include/sys/types_internal.h
index dd8cb0006e..9df164ec2a 100644
--- a/include/sys/types_internal.h
+++ b/include/sys/types_internal.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 typedef long blksize_t;
 typedef long dev_t;
 typedef unsigned long ino_t;
-typedef unsigned int gid_t;
-typedef unsigned int uid_t;
+typedef int gid_t;
+typedef int uid_t;
 typedef int mode_t;
 typedef unsigned long nlink_t;
 typedef long long off_t;
diff --git a/src/platform/types.rs b/src/platform/types.rs
index 999a9505d5..a6fdf693b5 100644
--- a/src/platform/types.rs
+++ b/src/platform/types.rs
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ pub type mode_t = c_int;
 pub type time_t = c_longlong;
 pub type pid_t = c_int;
 pub type id_t = c_uint;
-pub type gid_t = c_uint;
-pub type uid_t = c_uint;
+pub type gid_t = c_int;
+pub type uid_t = c_int;
 pub type dev_t = c_long;
 pub type ino_t = c_ulonglong;
 pub type nlink_t = c_ulong;