diff --git a/libc/bionic/dirent.cpp b/libc/bionic/dirent.cpp
index 0f9b26a..091423e 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/dirent.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/dirent.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "private/ErrnoRestorer.h"
 #include "private/ScopedPthreadMutexLocker.h"
 
+extern "C" int __getdents64(unsigned int, struct dirent*, unsigned int);
+
 struct DIR {
   int fd_;
   size_t available_bytes_;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@
 }
 
 static bool __fill_DIR(DIR* d) {
-  int rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(getdents(d->fd_, d->buff_, sizeof(d->buff_)));
+  int rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(__getdents64(d->fd_, d->buff_, sizeof(d->buff_)));
   if (rc <= 0) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
index cb9c9c9..b0adf26 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
@@ -238,4 +238,9 @@
   return _signal(signum, handler, SA_RESETHAND);
 }
 
+// This is a system call that was never in POSIX. Use readdir(3) instead.
+extern "C" int getdents(unsigned int fd, struct dirent* dirp, unsigned int count) {
+  return __getdents64(fd, dirp, count);
+}
+
 #endif