diff --git a/include/sys/types.h b/include/sys/types.h
index 9dabc63ce5..c4048845af 100644
--- a/include/sys/types.h
+++ b/include/sys/types.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ typedef long clock_t;
 typedef int clockid_t;
 typedef void* timer_t;
 typedef unsigned long int blkcnt_t;
-typedef size_t regoff_t;
 
 typedef unsigned char u_char, uchar;
 typedef unsigned short u_short, ushort;
diff --git a/src/header/regex/mod.rs b/src/header/regex/mod.rs
index d82a1068e7..eedc462822 100644
--- a/src/header/regex/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/regex/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use platform::types::*;
 use posix_regex::{PosixRegexBuilder, PosixRegex};
 use posix_regex::compile::{Error as CompileError, Token, Range};
 
+pub type regoff_t = size_t;
+
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct regex_t {
     // Can't be a normal Vec<T> because then the struct size won't be known