diff --git a/include/limits.h b/include/limits.h
index 6757012b..e12819ba 100644
--- a/include/limits.h
+++ b/include/limits.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX  1024
 #define PTHREAD_STACK_MIN PAGE_SIZE
 #define PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS 4
+#define SEM_VALUE_MAX 0x7fffffff
 
 /* Arbitrary numbers... */
 
diff --git a/include/semaphore.h b/include/semaphore.h
index 5b68986d..2e9b8100 100644
--- a/include/semaphore.h
+++ b/include/semaphore.h
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define __NEED_time_t
+#define __NEED_struct_timespec
+#include <bits/alltypes.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
 #define SEM_FAILED ((sem_t *)0)
 
 typedef struct {
-	long __val[4];
+	int __val[4*sizeof(long)/sizeof(int)];
 } sem_t;
 
 int    sem_close(sem_t *);