diff --git a/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig b/lib/std/c/emscripten.zig
index 501fcb4386b6e9c265ba4264e3486cd946291f12..0893289b14a7555511d9d8e713a2d1f75d0bfa49 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 1a3c6345150296769fd44fcba825cef4d80e8e99..07a59e8c0fa52199025c2e3ade522fe6ebf1d012 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,