diff --git a/src/lib9/dirread.c b/src/lib9/dirread.c
index 40fbe3c..3b70938 100644
--- a/src/lib9/dirread.c
+++ b/src/lib9/dirread.c
@@ -6,46 +6,6 @@
 
 extern int _p9dir(struct stat*, struct stat*, char*, Dir*, char**, char*);
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
-static int
-mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
-{
-	off_t off;
-	int nn;
-
-	/* This doesn't match the man page, but it works in Debian with a 2.2 kernel */
-	off = p9seek(fd, 0, 1);
-	nn = getdirentries(fd, (void*)buf, n, &off);
-	return nn;
-}
-#elif defined(__APPLE__) 
-static int
-mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
-{
-	long off;
-	return getdirentries(fd, (void*)buf, n, &off);
-}
-#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
-static int
-mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
-{
-	off_t off;
-	return getdirentries(fd, (void*)buf, n, &off);
-}
-#elif defined(__sun__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
-static int
-mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
-{
-	return getdents(fd, (void*)buf, n);
-}
-#elif defined(__AIX__)
-static int
-mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
-{
-	return getdirent(fd, (void*)buf, n);
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__DragonFly__)
 static inline int d_reclen(struct dirent *de) { return _DIRENT_DIRSIZ(de); }
 #else
@@ -53,6 +13,31 @@ static inline int d_reclen(struct dirent *de) { return de->d_reclen; }
 #endif
 
 static int
+mygetdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, int n)
+{
+	int tmpfd;
+	char *p;
+	DIR *dirp;
+	struct dirent *entry;
+	
+	if ((tmpfd = dup(fd)) == -1)
+		return -1;
+	if ((dirp = fdopendir(tmpfd)) == nil)
+		return -1;
+	
+	p = (char*)buf;
+	while((entry = readdir(dirp)) != nil) {
+		if (d_reclen(entry) > n)
+			break;
+
+		memcpy(p, entry, d_reclen(entry));
+		p += d_reclen(entry);
+		n -= d_reclen(entry);
+	}
+	return (int)(p - (char*)buf);
+}
+
+static int
 countde(char *p, int n)
 {
 	char *e;