diff --git a/include/zephyr/posix/sys/select.h b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/select.h
index 78d900f5316b2f..ef3e0f5674ed59 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/posix/sys/select.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/select.h
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
 #ifndef ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_POSIX_SYS_SELECT_H_
 #define ZEPHYR_INCLUDE_POSIX_SYS_SELECT_H_
 
-#include <zephyr/net/socket_types.h>
-#include <zephyr/net/socket_select.h>
+#include <zephyr/sys/fdtable.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#undef fd_set
-#define fd_set zsock_fd_set
-
 #define FD_SETSIZE ZVFS_FD_SETSIZE
 
+typedef struct zvfs_fd_set fd_set;
+
 struct timeval;
 
 int pselect(int nfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds,
diff --git a/include/zephyr/sys/fdtable.h b/include/zephyr/sys/fdtable.h
index e9447ee618fc6c..1664c6cd260918 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/sys/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/sys/fdtable.h
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/* FIXME: use k_off_t and k_ssize_t to avoid the POSIX->Zephyr->POSIX dependency cycle */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC
+#ifndef _OFF_T_DECLARED
+typedef	__off_t	off_t;
+#define	_OFF_T_DECLARED
+#endif
+#ifndef _SSIZE_T_DECLARED
+typedef _ssize_t ssize_t;
+#define	_SSIZE_T_DECLARED
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /**
  * File descriptor virtual method table.
  * Currently all operations beyond read/write/close go thru ioctl method.