diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d53a4c2ee0..f565d5f1c4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3021,6 +3021,7 @@ name = "uu_shred"
 version = "0.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "libc",
  "rand",
  "uucore",
 ]
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
index 94a741bb36d..ee129122a8d 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ path = "src/shred.rs"
 clap = { workspace=true }
 rand = { workspace=true }
 uucore = { workspace=true }
+libc = { workspace=true }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "shred"
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
index 99fdc91ed30..1c7d6ab136c 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
+++ b/src/uu/shred/src/shred.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (words) wipesync prefill
 
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use libc::S_IWUSR;
 use rand::{rngs::StdRng, seq::SliceRandom, Rng, SeedableRng};
 use std::fs::{self, File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{self, Seek, Write};
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::libc::S_IWUSR;
 use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage, show, show_error, show_if_err};
 
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("shred.md");