diff --git a/include/compat/fcntl.h b/include/compat/fcntl.h
index feddb7b..7dfedc6 100644
--- a/include/compat/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/compat/fcntl.h
@@ -30,11 +30,3 @@
 #ifndef FD_CLOEXEC
 #define FD_CLOEXEC      1
 #endif
-
-#ifndef S_IRGRP
-#define S_IRGRP         0
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_IROTH
-#define S_IROTH         0
-#endif
diff --git a/include/compat/sys/stat.h b/include/compat/sys/stat.h
index 0e04553..629c7fe 100644
--- a/include/compat/sys/stat.h
+++ b/include/compat/sys/stat.h
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include_next <sys/stat.h>
+
+/* for old MinGW */
+#ifndef S_IRGRP
+#define S_IRGRP         0
+#endif
+#ifndef S_IROTH
+#define S_IROTH         0
+#endif
+
 #else
 
 #include <windows.h>