diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/dragonfly/mod.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/dragonfly/mod.rs
index 992d0082e4919bc4492335e4f293bf045dda4c92..9caeb7c1db1f03cbc7c464b614ba3afcbe1e4549 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/dragonfly/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/dragonfly/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub type c_char = i8;
 pub type clock_t = u64;
 pub type ino_t = u64;
 pub type lwpid_t = i32;
diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/aarch64.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/aarch64.rs
index d33b475234a889c2474b40997636b1efbeed6b96..a780b08745f72f26e12a29034d4b735fc3ca4b04 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/aarch64.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/aarch64.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use dox::mem;
 
+pub type c_char = u8;
 pub type c_long = i64;
 pub type c_ulong = u64;
 pub type time_t = i64;
diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs
index 98f70dac2821809bb5d06da3412037665a55197f..c06e1aec820b5e3cd6868220bc36cecd7847b058 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub type c_char = u8;
 pub type c_long = i64;
 pub type c_ulong = u64;
 pub type time_t = i64;
diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86.rs
index a5495aaaa11a51cfe338478c353f2378a10ab223..2eaeec7660b884061604d730e1aef41f449e0a41 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use dox::mem;
 
+pub type c_char = i8;
 pub type c_long = i32;
 pub type c_ulong = u32;
 pub type time_t = i32;
diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86_64.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86_64.rs
index 711feb7222ebaf1afc13bc64da417ff4d90bf297..e9dcf784e4680ec81ca49baf1cc0f736cf7a54ca 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86_64.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/x86_64.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use dox::mem;
 
+pub type c_char = i8;
 pub type c_long = i64;
 pub type c_ulong = u64;
 pub type time_t = i64;
diff --git a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/mod.rs b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/mod.rs
index 22c11b3698a32f850261eaeddae4a36d6449da27..7118925e5f4812ed6b4a44e0c94f34d6e3c1390a 100644
--- a/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pub type c_char = i8;
 pub type dev_t = u32;
 pub type mode_t = u16;
 pub type pthread_attr_t = *mut ::c_void;