diff --git a/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor b/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
index 3f254e7713..98206bc992 100644
--- a/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
+++ b/basis/io/unix/files/files.factor
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ M: unix stat>file-info ( stat -- file-info )
         [ stat-st_blksize >>blocksize ]
     } cleave ;
 
-M: unix stat>type ( stat -- type )
-    stat-st_mode S_IFMT bitand {
+: n>file-type ( n -- type )
+    S_IFMT bitand {
         { S_IFREG [ +regular-file+ ] }
         { S_IFDIR [ +directory+ ] }
         { S_IFCHR [ +character-device+ ] }
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ M: unix stat>type ( stat -- type )
         [ drop +unknown+ ]
     } case ;
 
+M: unix stat>type ( stat -- type )
+    stat-st_mode n>file-type ;
+
 ! Linux has no extra fields in its stat struct
 os {
     { macosx  [ "io.unix.files.bsd" require ] }
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ os {
 
 M: unix >directory-entry ( byte-array -- directory-entry )
     [ dirent-d_name utf8 alien>string ]
-    [ dirent-d_type ] bi directory-entry boa ;
+    [ dirent-d_type dirent-type>file-type ] bi directory-entry boa ;
 
 M: unix (directory-entries) ( path -- seq )
     [
diff --git a/basis/unix/bsd/bsd.factor b/basis/unix/bsd/bsd.factor
index bd66c5253e..bf426ad867 100644
--- a/basis/unix/bsd/bsd.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/bsd/bsd.factor
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@ C-STRUCT: passwd
 : SEEK_CUR 1 ; inline
 : SEEK_END 2 ; inline
 
-: DT_UNKNOWN   0 ; inline
-: DT_FIFO      1 ; inline
-: DT_CHR       2 ; inline
-: DT_DIR       4 ; inline
-: DT_BLK       6 ; inline
-: DT_REG       8 ; inline
-: DT_LNK      10 ; inline
-: DT_SOCK     12 ; inline
-: DT_WHT      14 ; inline
-
 os {
     { macosx  [ "unix.bsd.macosx"  require ] }
     { freebsd [ "unix.bsd.freebsd" require ] }
diff --git a/basis/unix/unix.factor b/basis/unix/unix.factor
index 4950daef2c..ca8a7a2e60 100644
--- a/basis/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/unix.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ USING: alien alien.c-types alien.syntax kernel libc
 sequences continuations byte-arrays strings math namespaces
 system combinators vocabs.loader qualified accessors
 stack-checker macros locals generalizations unix.types
-debugger io prettyprint ;
+debugger io prettyprint io.files ;
 IN: unix
 
 : PROT_NONE   0 ; inline
@@ -20,6 +20,29 @@ IN: unix
 
 : NGROUPS_MAX 16 ; inline
 
+: DT_UNKNOWN   0 ; inline
+: DT_FIFO      1 ; inline
+: DT_CHR       2 ; inline
+: DT_DIR       4 ; inline
+: DT_BLK       6 ; inline
+: DT_REG       8 ; inline
+: DT_LNK      10 ; inline
+: DT_SOCK     12 ; inline
+: DT_WHT      14 ; inline
+
+: dirent-type>file-type ( ch -- type )
+    {
+        { DT_BLK  [ +block-device+ ] }
+        { DT_CHR  [ +character-device+ ] }
+        { DT_DIR  [ +directory+ ] }
+        { DT_LNK  [ +symbolic-link+ ] }
+        { DT_SOCK [ +socket+ ] }
+        { DT_FIFO [ +fifo+ ] }
+        { DT_REG  [ +regular-file+ ] }
+        { DT_WHT  [ +whiteout+ ] }
+        [ drop +unknown+ ]
+    } case ;
+
 C-STRUCT: group
     { "char*" "gr_name" }
     { "char*" "gr_passwd" }
diff --git a/core/io/files/files.factor b/core/io/files/files.factor
index ca8125d936..25f6f36e7c 100644
--- a/core/io/files/files.factor
+++ b/core/io/files/files.factor
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ SYMBOL: +character-device+
 SYMBOL: +block-device+
 SYMBOL: +fifo+
 SYMBOL: +socket+
+SYMBOL: +whiteout+
 SYMBOL: +unknown+
 
 ! File metadata