diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
index a4ab6c0b..3f2335f8 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ extern crate glib_sys as glib;
 extern crate gobject_sys as gobject;
 extern crate gio_sys as gio;
 
+mod manual;
+
+pub use manual::*;
+
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use libc::{c_int, c_char, c_uchar, c_float, c_uint, c_double,
     c_short, c_ushort, c_long, c_ulong,
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/manual.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/manual.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c5af957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/libostree-sys/src/manual.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub use libc::stat as stat;