--- open-vm-tools-12.4.0-23259341/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c.old	2024-02-06 09:07:35.000000000 -0600
+++ open-vm-tools-12.4.0-23259341/services/plugins/vix/vixTools.c	2024-05-22 14:48:32.807786329 -0500
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif