diff --git a/libs/libc/include/unistd.h b/libs/libc/include/unistd.h
index f86abe77..27f8bcf0 100644
--- a/libs/libc/include/unistd.h
+++ b/libs/libc/include/unistd.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include <bits/seek.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#define STDOUT_FILENO 0
+#define STDERR_FILENO 1
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C"
 {
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/init.cpp b/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
index 77e80d14..9b47e16a 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/init.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static void check_for_file(int fd, FILE** target_stream, const char* path, const
 
 extern "C" void initialize_libc()
 {
-    check_for_file(0, &stdout, "/dev/console", "rw");
-    check_for_file(1, &stderr, "/dev/console", "rw");
+    check_for_file(STDOUT_FILENO, &stdout, "/dev/console", "rw");
+    check_for_file(STDERR_FILENO, &stderr, "/dev/console", "rw");
     atexit(terminate_libc);
 }
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