diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/include/stddef.h b/lib/libc/minimal/include/stddef.h
index 2e1ef666fbb..bcc0a6e9132 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/include/stddef.h
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/include/stddef.h
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 typedef int  ptrdiff_t;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#define offsetof(type, member)  __builtin_offsetof(type, member)
+#else
 #define offsetof(type, member) ((size_t) (&((type *) NULL)->member))
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __INC_stddef_h__ */