diff -r 3c9842ed0141 lib9/dirread.c
--- a/lib9/dirread.c	Wed Feb 29 20:52:27 2012 +0100
+++ b/lib9/dirread.c	Fri Mar 02 22:35:09 2012 -0500
@@ -4,9 +4,24 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
+#if defined (__UCLIBC__)
+# include <sys/syscall.h>
+# if defined (__USE_LARGEFILE64)
+#  define getdents SYS_getdents64
+# else
+#  define getdents SYS_getdents
+# endif
+#endif
+
 extern int _p9dir(struct stat*, struct stat*, char*, Dir*, char**, char*);
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
+# if defined (__UCLIBC__)
+static int
+mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n) {
+  return syscall (getdents, fd, (void*) buf, n);
+}
+# else
 static int
 mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
 {
@@ -18,6 +33,7 @@
 	nn = getdirentries(fd, (void*)buf, n, &off);
 	return nn;
 }
+# endif
 #elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 static int
 mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)