diff --git a/src/include/86box/plat_dir.h b/src/include/86box/plat_dir.h
index 948db8c84..b8280404c 100644
--- a/src/include/86box/plat_dir.h
+++ b/src/include/86box/plat_dir.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # define MAXDIRLEN	127
 
 
-struct direct {
+struct dirent {
     long		d_ino;
     unsigned short 	d_reclen;
     unsigned short	d_off;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #else
     char	dir[MAXDIRLEN+1];	/* open dir			*/
 #endif
-    struct direct dent;			/* actual directory entry	*/
+    struct dirent dent;			/* actual directory entry	*/
 } DIR;
 
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extern DIR		*opendirw(const wchar_t *);
 #else
 extern DIR		*opendir(const char *);
 #endif
-extern struct direct	*readdir(DIR *);
+extern struct dirent	*readdir(DIR *);
 extern long		telldir(DIR *);
 extern void		seekdir(DIR *, long);
 extern int		closedir(DIR *);
diff --git a/src/win/win_opendir.c b/src/win/win_opendir.c
index 1740140cc..d7755e372 100644
--- a/src/win/win_opendir.c
+++ b/src/win/win_opendir.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ closedir(DIR *p)
  * standard "." and ".." entries.  Many applications do assume
  * this anyway, so we simply fake these entries.
  */
-struct direct *
+struct dirent *
 readdir(DIR *p)
 {
     FINDATA *ffp;