diff --git a/kdecore/io/ktar.cpp b/kdecore/io/ktar.cpp
index 1b26cd42..3be3feb6 100644
--- a/kdecore/io/ktar.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/io/ktar.cpp
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ bool KTar::openArchive( QIODevice::OpenMode mode ) {
 
     // We'll use the permission and user/group of d->rootDir
     // for any directory we emulate (see findOrCreate)
-    //struct stat buf;
-    //stat( fileName(), &buf );
+    //KDE_struct_stat buf;
+    //KDE_stat( fileName(), &buf );
 
     d->dirList.clear();
     QIODevice* dev = device();
diff --git a/kexiv2/libkexiv2/kexiv2_p.cpp b/kexiv2/libkexiv2/kexiv2_p.cpp
index f35b36fa..d36ad1ad 100644
--- a/kexiv2/libkexiv2/kexiv2_p.cpp
+++ b/kexiv2/libkexiv2/kexiv2_p.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 #include "kexiv2_p.h"
 
 // C ANSI includes
-
 extern "C"
 {
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 }
 
+#include <kde_file.h>
+
 namespace KExiv2Iface
 {
 
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ bool KExiv2::Private::saveOperations(const QFileInfo& finfo, Exiv2::Image::AutoP
         if (!updateFileTimeStamp)
         {
             // Don't touch access and modification timestamp of file.
-            struct stat    st;
+            KDE_struct_stat    st;
             struct utimbuf ut;
-            int ret = ::stat(QFile::encodeName(filePath), &st);
+            int ret = KDE_stat(QFile::encodeName(filePath), &st);
 
             if (ret == 0)
             {
diff --git a/kpty/kpty.cpp b/kpty/kpty.cpp
index 5b4fa458..5cf7f9d4 100644
--- a/kpty/kpty.cpp
+++ b/kpty/kpty.cpp
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ void KPty::close()
         // don't bother resetting unix98 pty, it will go away after closing master anyway.
         if (memcmp(d->ttyName.data(), "/dev/pts/", 9)) {
             if (!geteuid()) {
-                struct stat st;
-                if (!stat(d->ttyName.data(), &st)) {
+                KDE_struct_stat st;
+                if (!KDE_stat(d->ttyName.data(), &st)) {
                     chown(d->ttyName.data(), 0, st.st_gid == getgid() ? 0 : -1);
                     chmod(d->ttyName.data(), S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH);
                 }
diff --git a/solid/solid/backends/shared/udevqtclient.cpp b/solid/solid/backends/shared/udevqtclient.cpp
index 3d280be8..5bfcec1c 100644
--- a/solid/solid/backends/shared/udevqtclient.cpp
+++ b/solid/solid/backends/shared/udevqtclient.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #include "udevqt.h"
 #include "udevqt_p.h"
 
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <QtCore/QSocketNotifier>
+#include <qplatformdefs.h>
 
 namespace UdevQt {
 
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ DeviceList Client::devicesBySubsystem(const QString &subsystem)
 
 Device Client::deviceByDeviceFile(const QString &deviceFile)
 {
-    struct stat sb;
+    QT_STATBUF sb;
 
-    if (stat(deviceFile.toLatin1().constData(), &sb) != 0)
+    if (QT_STAT(deviceFile.toLatin1().constData(), &sb) != 0)
         return Device();
 
     struct udev_device *ud = 0;