diff --git a/include/dirent.h b/include/dirent.h
index ca000bd9..7b70abd4 100644
--- a/include/dirent.h
+++ b/include/dirent.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct dirent
 	off_t d_off;
 	unsigned short d_reclen;
 	unsigned char d_type;
-	char d_name[1];
+	char d_name[256];
 };
 
 #define d_fileno d_ino
diff --git a/src/dirent/scandir.c b/src/dirent/scandir.c
index aad813ac..a85cfac1 100644
--- a/src/dirent/scandir.c
+++ b/src/dirent/scandir.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int scandir(const char *path, struct dirent ***res,
 {
 	DIR *d = opendir(path);
 	struct dirent *de, **names=0, **tmp;
-	size_t cnt=0, len=0, size;
+	size_t cnt=0, len=0;
 	int old_errno = errno;
 
 	if (!d) return -1;
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ int scandir(const char *path, struct dirent ***res,
 			if (!tmp) break;
 			names = tmp;
 		}
-		size = offsetof(struct dirent,d_name) + strlen(de->d_name) + 1;
-		names[cnt] = malloc(size);
+		names[cnt] = malloc(de->d_reclen);
 		if (!names[cnt]) break;
-		memcpy(names[cnt++], de, size);
+		memcpy(names[cnt++], de, de->d_reclen);
 	}
 
 	closedir(d);
diff --git a/src/regex/glob.c b/src/regex/glob.c
index 67f84bcf..550f655c 100644
--- a/src/regex/glob.c
+++ b/src/regex/glob.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static int append(struct match **tail, const char *name, size_t len, int mark)
 static int match_in_dir(const char *d, const char *p, int flags, int (*errfunc)(const char *path, int err), struct match **tail)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
-	long long de_buf[(sizeof(struct dirent) + NAME_MAX + sizeof(long long))/sizeof(long long)];
-	struct dirent *de;
+	struct dirent de_buf, *de;
 	char pat[strlen(p)+1];
 	char *p2;
 	size_t l = strlen(d);
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ static int match_in_dir(const char *d, const char *p, int flags, int (*errfunc)(
 		closedir(dir);
 		return error;
 	}
-	while (!(error = readdir_r(dir, (void *)de_buf, &de)) && de) {
+	while (!(error = readdir_r(dir, &de_buf, &de)) && de) {
 		char namebuf[l+de->d_reclen+2], *name = namebuf;
 		if (!literal && fnmatch(p, de->d_name, fnm_flags))
 			continue;