diff --git a/headers/posix/dirent.h b/headers/posix/dirent.h
index 9622a265ac..aeac58e3d2 100644
--- a/headers/posix/dirent.h
+++ b/headers/posix/dirent.h
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ typedef struct dirent {
 	ino_t			d_ino;		/* inode number */
 	ino_t			d_pino;		/* parent inode (only for queries) */
 	unsigned short	d_reclen;	/* length of this record, not the name */
-	char			d_name[1];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#if __GNUC__ == 2
+	char			d_name[0];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#else
+	char			d_name[];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#endif
 } dirent_t;
 
 typedef struct __DIR DIR;
diff --git a/headers/private/fs_shell/fssh_dirent.h b/headers/private/fs_shell/fssh_dirent.h
index 73220e5499..aa33b81b68 100644
--- a/headers/private/fs_shell/fssh_dirent.h
+++ b/headers/private/fs_shell/fssh_dirent.h
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ typedef struct fssh_dirent {
 	fssh_ino_t			d_ino;		/* inode number */
 	fssh_ino_t			d_pino;		/* parent inode (only for queries) */
 	unsigned short		d_reclen;	/* length of this record, not the name */
-	char				d_name[1];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#if __GNUC__ == 2
+	char			d_name[0];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#else
+	char			d_name[];	/* name of the entry (null byte terminated) */
+#endif
 } fssh_dirent_t;
 
 typedef struct {