diff --git a/src/header/bits_uid-t/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/bits_uid-t/cbindgen.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f692c4bdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/bits_uid-t/cbindgen.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# 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 uid_t:
+# - pwd.h
+# - signal.h
+# - sys/ipc.h (TODO not present in relibc)
+# - sys/stat.h
+# - sys/types.h (where it should be defined)
+# - unistd.h
+sys_includes = []
+include_guard = "_RELIBC_BITS_UID_T_H"
+language = "C"
+style = "type"
+no_includes = true
+cpp_compat = true
+[export]
+include = ["uid_t"]
+[enum]
+prefix_with_name = true
diff --git a/src/header/bits_uid-t/mod.rs b/src/header/bits_uid-t/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ddcf0df03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/bits_uid-t/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use crate::platform::types::c_int;
+
+/// Used for user IDs.
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+pub type uid_t = c_int;
diff --git a/src/header/mod.rs b/src/header/mod.rs
index a12397c5bc..f8fa4f816b 100644
--- a/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ pub mod bits_suseconds_t;
 pub mod bits_time_t;
 pub mod bits_timespec;
 pub mod bits_timeval;
+#[path = "bits_uid-t/mod.rs"]
+pub mod bits_uid_t;
 // complex.h implemented in C (currently through openlibm)
 pub mod cpio;
 pub mod crypt;
diff --git a/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml b/src/header/sys_types_internal/cbindgen.toml
index e76a0a5724..896755be07 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/ssize-t.h>
 #include <bits/suseconds-t.h>
 #include <bits/time-t.h>
+#include <bits/uid-t.h>
 
 typedef void* timer_t;
 """
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ include = [
   "dev_t",
   "ino_t",
   "reclen_t",
-  "uid_t",
   "mode_t",
   "nlink_t",
   "id_t",
diff --git a/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs b/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
index 201da2f264..f6444cc215 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/sys_types_internal/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 pub use crate::header::{
     bits_gid_t::gid_t, bits_off_t::off_t, bits_pid_t::pid_t, bits_ssize_t::ssize_t,
-    bits_suseconds_t::suseconds_t, bits_time_t::time_t,
+    bits_suseconds_t::suseconds_t, bits_time_t::time_t, bits_uid_t::uid_t,
 };
 use crate::platform::types::{
     c_char, c_int, c_long, c_longlong, c_uchar, c_uint, c_ulong, c_ulonglong, c_ushort,
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ pub type dev_t = c_ulonglong;
 pub type ino_t = c_ulonglong;
 /// Used for directory entry lengths.
 pub type reclen_t = c_ushort;
-/// Used for user IDs.
-pub type uid_t = c_int;
 /// Used for some file attributes.
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub type mode_t = c_uint;