diff --git a/crates/wasi-c2/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasi-c2/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
index f61afb51a0..d396933560 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-c2/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasi-c2/cap-std-sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ fs-set-times = "0.2.2"
 unsafe-io = "0.2"
 system-interface = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["cap_std_impls"] }
 tracing = "0.1.19"
-libc = "0.2"
 bitflags = "1.2"
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/wasi-c2/src/file.rs b/crates/wasi-c2/src/file.rs
index a034d09770..3f1e81395a 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-c2/src/file.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-c2/src/file.rs
@@ -37,19 +37,17 @@ pub trait WasiFile {
     fn num_ready_bytes(&self) -> Result<u64, Error>; // read op
 }
 
-// XXX we will add pipes to wasi - lets add it to this internal enum and present them as
-// Unknown to old wasis
-// XXX put the enum variants in same order as WASI so conversion funcs are no-op
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum FileType {
-    Directory,
+    Unknown,
     BlockDevice,
     CharacterDevice,
+    Directory,
     RegularFile,
     SocketDgram,
     SocketStream,
     SymbolicLink,
-    Unknown,
+    Pipe,
 }
 
 bitflags! {
diff --git a/crates/wasi-c2/src/pipe.rs b/crates/wasi-c2/src/pipe.rs
index f434e8fb0b..b0fb6f41c2 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-c2/src/pipe.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-c2/src/pipe.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Any> WasiFile for ReadPipe<R> {
         Ok(()) // trivial
     }
     fn get_filetype(&self) -> Result<FileType, Error> {
-        Ok(FileType::CharacterDevice) // XXX wrong
+        Ok(FileType::Pipe)
     }
     fn get_fdflags(&self) -> Result<FdFlags, Error> {
         Ok(FdFlags::empty())
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Any> WasiFile for WritePipe<W> {
         Ok(())
     }
     fn get_filetype(&self) -> Result<FileType, Error> {
-        Ok(FileType::CharacterDevice) // XXX
+        Ok(FileType::Pipe)
     }
     fn get_fdflags(&self) -> Result<FdFlags, Error> {
         Ok(FdFlags::APPEND)
diff --git a/crates/wasi-c2/src/snapshots/preview_1.rs b/crates/wasi-c2/src/snapshots/preview_1.rs
index d5bd655713..d1656875b7 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-c2/src/snapshots/preview_1.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-c2/src/snapshots/preview_1.rs
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@ impl From<&FileType> for types::Filetype {
             FileType::SocketStream => types::Filetype::SocketStream,
             FileType::SymbolicLink => types::Filetype::SymbolicLink,
             FileType::Unknown => types::Filetype::Unknown,
+            FileType::Pipe => types::Filetype::Unknown,
         }
     }
 }