2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 75032bf90d0b..c1585e27ea1f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ DirEntries readDirectory(const Path & path)
         checkInterrupt();
         string name = dirent->d_name;
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
-        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino, dirent->d_type);
+        entries.emplace_back(name, dirent->d_ino, #ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE dirent->d_type #else DT_UNKNOWN #endif);
     }
     if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory ‘%1%’") % path);
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index f4026a0a884b..cf93c6378a06 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 #include <cstdio>
 
+#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
+#define DT_UNKNOWN 0
+#define DT_REG 1
+#define DT_LNK 2
+#define DT_DIR 3
+#endif
 
 namespace nix {