diff --git a/lib/include/test/spu_syscalls.h b/lib/include/test/spu_syscalls.h
index 73d1c6e..4e50e6b 100644
--- a/lib/include/test/spu_syscalls.h
+++ b/lib/include/test/spu_syscalls.h
@@ -65,4 +65,12 @@ static inline int spu_run(int fd, uint32_t *npc, uint32_t *status)
 	return syscall(SYS_spu_run, fd, npc, status);
 }
 
+
+struct linux_dirent {
+	unsigned long  d_ino;     /* Inode number */
+	unsigned long  d_off;     /* Offset to next linux_dirent */
+	unsigned short d_reclen;  /* Length of this linux_dirent */
+	char           d_name[];  /* Filename (null-terminated) */
+};
+
 #endif /* _SPU_SYSCALLS_H */
diff --git a/tests/02-spu_create/07-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c b/tests/02-spu_create/07-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
index 4e89f8b..10943ce 100644
--- a/tests/02-spu_create/07-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
+++ b/tests/02-spu_create/07-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 
 #include <test/spu_syscalls.h>
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ static void do_creates(const char *name)
 	}
 }
 
-static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
+static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct linux_dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
 {
 	return syscall(SYS_getdents, fd, dirp, count);
 }
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
 static void do_readdirs(void)
 {
 	int dir, rc;
-	struct dirent dirents[10];
+	struct linux_dirent dirents[10];
 
 	dir = open("/spu", O_RDONLY);
 	assert(dir >= 0);
diff --git a/tests/02-spu_create/08-gang-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c b/tests/02-spu_create/08-gang-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
index 492cc6e..6c814bc 100644
--- a/tests/02-spu_create/08-gang-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
+++ b/tests/02-spu_create/08-gang-destroy-vs-readdir-race.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 
 #include <test/spu_syscalls.h>
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ static void do_creates(const char *name)
 	}
 }
 
-static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
+static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct linux_dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
 {
 	return syscall(SYS_getdents, fd, dirp, count);
 }
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ static int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent *dirp, unsigned int count)
 static void do_readdirs(void)
 {
 	int dir, rc;
-	struct dirent dirents[10];
+	struct linux_dirent dirents[10];
 
 	dir = open("/spu", O_RDONLY);
 	assert(dir >= 0);