diff --git a/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig b/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig
index 501fcb4386..0893289b14 100644
--- a/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub const RTLD = struct {
     pub const LOCAL = 0;
 };
 
-pub const dirent = struct {
+pub const dirent = extern struct {
     ino: c_uint,
     off: c_uint,
     reclen: c_ushort,
diff --git a/lib/std/c/linux.zig b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
index 1a3c634515..07a59e8c0f 100644
--- a/lib/std/c/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ pub const RTLD = struct {
     pub const LOCAL = 0;
 };
 
-pub const dirent = struct {
+pub const dirent = extern struct {
     ino: c_uint,
     off: c_uint,
     reclen: c_ushort,
     type: u8,
     name: [256]u8,
 };
-pub const dirent64 = struct {
+pub const dirent64 = extern struct {
     ino: c_ulong,
     off: c_ulong,
     reclen: c_ushort,