diff --git a/src/header/bits_nlink-t/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/bits_nlink-t/cbindgen.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da5a6581b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/bits_nlink-t/cbindgen.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# POSIX header spec: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/sys_types.h.html
+#
+# This type is split out to prevent importing all of sys/types.h into other headers.
+#
+# POSIX headers that require nlink_t:
+# - sys/stat.h
+# - sys/types.h (where it should be defined)
+sys_includes = []
+include_guard = "_RELIBC_BITS_NLINK_T_H"
+language = "C"
+style = "type"
+no_includes = true
+cpp_compat = true
+[export]
+include = ["nlink_t"]
+[enum]
+prefix_with_name = true
diff --git a/src/header/bits_nlink-t/mod.rs b/src/header/bits_nlink-t/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d0052e336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/bits_nlink-t/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use crate::platform::types::c_ulong;
+
+/// Used for link counts.
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+pub type nlink_t = c_ulong;
diff --git a/src/header/mod.rs b/src/header/mod.rs
index ecd9451bc6..c67cee23d8 100644
--- a/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ pub mod bits_iovec;
 pub mod bits_locale_t;
 #[path = "bits_mode-t/mod.rs"]
 pub mod bits_mode_t;
+#[path = "bits_nlink-t/mod.rs"]
+pub mod bits_nlink_t;
 #[path = "bits_off-t/mod.rs"]
 pub mod bits_off_t;
 #[path = "bits_pid-t/mod.rs"]
diff --git a/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml
index 2bd0e71446..6d2dd4f88e 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ after_includes = """
 #include <bits/id-t.h>
 #include <bits/ino-t.h>
 #include <bits/mode-t.h>
+#include <bits/nlink-t.h>
 #include <bits/off-t.h>
 #include <bits/pid-t.h>
 #include <bits/ssize-t.h>
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ no_includes = true
 [export]
 include = [
   "reclen_t",
-  "nlink_t",
   "useconds_t",
   "u_char",
   "uchar",
diff --git a/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs b/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
index 39e79d706b..755ce1e298 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub use crate::header::{
     bits_id_t::id_t,
     bits_ino_t::ino_t,
     bits_mode_t::mode_t,
+    bits_nlink_t::nlink_t,
     bits_off_t::off_t,
     bits_pid_t::pid_t,
     bits_size_t::size_t,
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@ use crate::platform::types::{c_char, c_longlong, c_uchar, c_uint, c_ulong, c_ulo
 
 /// Used for directory entry lengths.
 pub type reclen_t = c_ushort;
-/// Used for link counts.
-pub type nlink_t = c_ulong;
 pub type useconds_t = c_uint;
 
 pub type u_char = c_uchar;