diff --git a/include/zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cac5aba27d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef ZEPHYR_POSIX_SYS_STAT_H_
+#define ZEPHYR_POSIX_SYS_STAT_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define S_IFBLK	 0060000
+#define S_IFCHR	 0020000
+#define S_IFIFO	 0010000
+#define S_IFREG	 0100000
+#define S_IFDIR	 0040000
+#define S_IFLNK	 0120000
+#define S_IFSOCK 0140000
+
+#define S_IRWXU 00700
+#define S_IRUSR 00400
+#define S_IWUSR 00200
+#define S_IXUSR 00100
+
+#define S_IRWXG 00070
+#define S_IRGRP 00040
+#define S_IWGRP 00020
+#define S_IXGRP 00010
+
+#define S_IRWXO 00007
+#define S_IROTH 00004
+#define S_IWOTH 00002
+#define S_IXOTH 00001
+
+/* File open modes */
+#define O_ACCMODE	   0003
+#define O_RDONLY	     00
+#define O_WRONLY	     01
+#define O_RDWR		     02
+
+#define SEEK_SET	0	/* Seek from beginning of file.  */
+#define SEEK_CUR	1	/* Seek from current position.  */
+#define SEEK_END	2	/* Seek from end of file.  */
+
+struct stat {
+	unsigned long st_size;
+	unsigned long st_blksize;
+	unsigned long st_blocks;
+	unsigned long st_mode;
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ZEPHYR_POSIX_SYS_STAT_H_ */
diff --git a/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h b/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
index e2e8fdd8cee..7a7ab4a0ce4 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/posix/unistd.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_POSIX_UNISTD_H_
 
 #include "posix_types.h"
-#include "sys/stat.h"
+#include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETWORKING
 /* For zsock_gethostname() */
 #include <zephyr/net/socket.h>
diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/include/sys/stat.h b/lib/libc/minimal/include/sys/stat.h
index 54f05bdd64d..c281d6a148a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Meta
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -7,43 +7,10 @@
 #ifndef ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_MINIMAL_INCLUDE_SYS_STAT_H_
 #define ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_MINIMAL_INCLUDE_SYS_STAT_H_
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
+#ifndef CONFIG_POSIX_API
+#pragma message("#include <sys/stat.h> without CONFIG_POSIX_API is deprecated. "                   \
+		"Please use CONFIG_POSIX_API or #include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>")
 #endif
+#include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 
-#define S_IRWXU 00700
-#define S_IRUSR 00400
-#define S_IWUSR 00200
-#define S_IXUSR 00100
-
-#define S_IRWXG 00070
-#define S_IRGRP 00040
-#define S_IWGRP 00020
-#define S_IXGRP 00010
-
-#define S_IRWXO 00007
-#define S_IROTH 00004
-#define S_IWOTH 00002
-#define S_IXOTH 00001
-
-/* File open modes */
-#define O_ACCMODE	   0003
-#define O_RDONLY	     00
-#define O_WRONLY	     01
-#define O_RDWR		     02
-
-#define SEEK_SET	0	/* Seek from beginning of file.  */
-#define SEEK_CUR	1	/* Seek from current position.  */
-#define SEEK_END	2	/* Seek from end of file.  */
-
-struct stat {
-	unsigned long st_size;
-	unsigned long st_blksize;
-	unsigned long st_blocks;
-};
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif	/* ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_MINIMAL_INCLUDE_SYS_STAT_H_ */
+#endif /* ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_MINIMAL_INCLUDE_SYS_STAT_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
index 92c49c122e9..4d7233657f9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
+++ b/lib/libc/newlib/libc-hooks.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/__assert.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 #include <zephyr/linker/linker-defs.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/util.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/errno_private.h>
diff --git a/lib/libc/picolibc/libc-hooks.c b/lib/libc/picolibc/libc-hooks.c
index f97e18fc630..8affddb6dd0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/picolibc/libc-hooks.c
+++ b/lib/libc/picolibc/libc-hooks.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <zephyr/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <zephyr/linker/linker-defs.h>
diff --git a/lib/posix/fs.c b/lib/posix/fs.c
index 04e4b872019..b724b80188b 100644
--- a/lib/posix/fs.c
+++ b/lib/posix/fs.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/posix/dirent.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/fdtable.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <zephyr/posix/sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <zephyr/fs/fs.h>