diff --git a/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h b/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
index a3bc738ff8..0e54d7df69 100644
--- a/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
+++ b/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ struct target_iovec {
     abi_long iov_len;   /* Number of bytes */
 };
 
+/*
+ * sys/ipc.h
+ */
+struct target_ipc_perm {
+    uint32_t    cuid;       /* creator user id */
+    uint32_t    cgid;       /* creator group id */
+    uint32_t    uid;        /* user id */
+    uint32_t    gid;        /* group id */
+    uint16_t    mode;       /* r/w permission */
+    uint16_t    seq;        /* sequence # */
+    abi_long    key;        /* user specified msg/sem/shm key */
+};
+
+#define TARGET_IPC_RMID 0   /* remove identifier */
+#define TARGET_IPC_SET  1   /* set options */
+#define TARGET_IPC_STAT 2   /* get options */
+
 /*
  *  sys/mman.h
  */