diff --git a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
index cb0b609d5..fe3fb1b2f 100644
--- a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
+++ b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
@@ -136,24 +136,30 @@ pub fn add(
     self.config.terminalOptions().add(b, step.root_module);
 
     // C imports needed to manage/create PTYs
-    {
-        const c = b.addTranslateC(.{
-            .root_source_file = b.path("src/pty.c"),
-            .target = target,
-            .optimize = optimize,
-        });
-        switch (target.result.os.tag) {
-            .macos => {
-                const libc = try std.zig.LibCInstallation.findNative(.{
-                    .allocator = b.allocator,
-                    .target = &target.result,
-                    .verbose = false,
-                });
-                c.addSystemIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = libc.sys_include_dir.? });
-            },
-            else => {},
-        }
-        step.root_module.addImport("pty-c", c.createModule());
+    switch (target.result.os.tag) {
+        .freebsd,
+        .linux,
+        .macos,
+        => {
+            const c = b.addTranslateC(.{
+                .root_source_file = b.path("src/pty.c"),
+                .target = target,
+                .optimize = optimize,
+            });
+            switch (target.result.os.tag) {
+                .macos => {
+                    const libc = try std.zig.LibCInstallation.findNative(.{
+                        .allocator = b.allocator,
+                        .target = &target.result,
+                        .verbose = false,
+                    });
+                    c.addSystemIncludePath(.{ .cwd_relative = libc.sys_include_dir.? });
+                },
+                else => {},
+            }
+            step.root_module.addImport("pty-c", c.createModule());
+        },
+        else => {},
     }
 
     // Freetype. We always include this even if our font backend doesn't