diff --git a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/mod.rs b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/mod.rs
index 0d0e971d1646f..5ca77a708d04a 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/mod.rs
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ s! {
         size: [u8; crate::__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_BARRIERATTR_T],
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))]
     #[repr(align(8))]
     pub struct fanotify_event_metadata {
         pub event_len: __u32,
diff --git a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/mod.rs b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/mod.rs
index 69d1dc24c940e..1f17efae7115f 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux_like/linux/musl/mod.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ impl siginfo_t {
 }
 
 s! {
+    #[repr(align(8))]
+    pub struct fanotify_event_metadata {
+        pub event_len: c_uint,
+        pub vers: c_uchar,
+        pub reserved: c_uchar,
+        pub metadata_len: c_ushort,
+        pub mask: c_ulonglong,
+        pub fd: c_int,
+        pub pid: c_int,
+    }
+
     // FIXME(1.0): This should not implement `PartialEq`
     #[allow(unpredictable_function_pointer_comparisons)]
     pub struct sigaction {