diff --git a/include/sys/types_internal.h b/include/sys/types_internal.h
index 9df164ec2a..6a9bfc74d2 100644
--- a/include/sys/types_internal.h
+++ b/include/sys/types_internal.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 typedef long blksize_t;
 typedef long dev_t;
 typedef unsigned long ino_t;
+typedef unsigned short reclen_t;
 typedef int gid_t;
 typedef int uid_t;
 typedef int mode_t;
diff --git a/src/header/dirent/mod.rs b/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
index 7bf30f4cfa..8dd3346f80 100644
--- a/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/dirent/mod.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@ pub struct dirent {
     pub d_name: [c_char; 256],
 }
 
+/// See <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/dirent.h.html>.
+/// must have the same struct layout as dirent
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct posix_dent {
+    pub d_ino: ino_t,
+    pub d_off: off_t, // not specified by posix
+    pub d_reclen: reclen_t,
+    pub d_type: c_uchar,
+    pub d_name: [c_char; 256],
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
 const _: () = {
     use core::mem::{offset_of, size_of};
@@ -357,3 +369,6 @@ pub extern "C" fn seekdir(dir: &mut DIR, off: c_long) {
 pub extern "C" fn telldir(dir: &mut DIR) -> c_long {
     dir.opaque_offset as c_long
 }
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn cbindgen_stupid_struct_user_for_posix_dent(a: posix_dent) {}
diff --git a/src/platform/types.rs b/src/platform/types.rs
index a6fdf693b5..253f59d94a 100644
--- a/src/platform/types.rs
+++ b/src/platform/types.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ 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 reclen_t = c_ushort;
 pub type nlink_t = c_ulong;
 pub type blksize_t = c_long;
 pub type blkcnt_t = c_ulong;
diff --git a/tests/dirent/posix_getdents.c b/tests/dirent/posix_getdents.c
index 9269035e5a..19f9245633 100644
--- a/tests/dirent/posix_getdents.c
+++ b/tests/dirent/posix_getdents.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void read_and_print_directory(int fd) {
     char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
     long nread;
     long bpos;
-    struct dirent *d;
+    struct posix_dent *d;
 
     for (;;) {
         nread = posix_getdents(fd, buffer, BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void read_and_print_directory(int fd) {
         }
 
         for (bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
-            d = (struct dirent *) (buffer + bpos);
+            d = (struct posix_dent *) (buffer + bpos);
             printf("  ino = %-10lu  name = %s\n", (unsigned long)d->d_ino, d->d_name);
             bpos += d->d_reclen;
         }