diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 20be92911..ce7ae61ad 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#include <TargetConditionals.h>
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_VISION) && TARGET_OS_VISION
+// VisionOS lacks some legacy types definitions
+typedef unsigned int u_int;
+typedef unsigned char u_char;
+typedef unsigned short u_short;
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
index fdb4b986f..ce7d3dfa0 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <TargetConditionals.h>
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_VISION) && TARGET_OS_VISION
+// VisionOS lacks some legacy types definitions
+typedef unsigned int u_int;
+typedef unsigned char u_char;
+typedef unsigned short u_short;
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
index b7fefb9dd..568e1eb02 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
@@ -2382,6 +2382,13 @@ bool ggml_is_numa(void) {
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(__aarch64__)
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <TargetConditionals.h>
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_VISION) && TARGET_OS_VISION
+// VisionOS lacks some legacy types definitions
+typedef unsigned int u_int;
+typedef unsigned char u_char;
+typedef unsigned short u_short;
+#endif
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
index f11399cc6..a49c173db 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <TargetConditionals.h>
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_VISION) && TARGET_OS_VISION
+// VisionOS lacks some legacy types definitions
+typedef unsigned int u_int;
+typedef unsigned char u_char;
+typedef unsigned short u_short;
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
index 28f590f92..ef03124ca 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 
 #import <Metal/Metal.h>
 
+#include <TargetConditionals.h>
+#if defined(TARGET_OS_VISION) && TARGET_OS_VISION
+// VisionOS lacks some legacy types definitions, stdint.h did not help either
+typedef unsigned int uint;
+#endif
+
 #undef MIN
 #undef MAX
 #define MIN(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))