diff --git a/include/minix/callnr.h b/include/minix/callnr.h
index 2627b8dca..4de7c2d43 100644
--- a/include/minix/callnr.h
+++ b/include/minix/callnr.h
@@ -232,13 +232,6 @@
 
 #define NR_VFS_CALLS		49	/* highest number from base plus one */
 
-/* Field names for the select(2) call. */
-#define VFS_SELECT_NFDS		m8_i1	/* int */
-#define VFS_SELECT_READFDS	m8_p1	/* fd_set * */
-#define VFS_SELECT_WRITEFDS	m8_p2	/* fd_set * */
-#define VFS_SELECT_ERRORFDS	m8_p3	/* fd_set * */
-#define VFS_SELECT_TIMEOUT	m8_p4	/* struct timeval * */
-
 /* Field names for the getvfsstat(2) call. */
 #define VFS_GETVFSSTAT_BUF	m1_p1	/* struct statvfs * */
 #define VFS_GETVFSSTAT_LEN	m1_i1	/* size_t */
diff --git a/include/minix/ipc.h b/include/minix/ipc.h
index 7466332fb..48fa5970c 100644
--- a/include/minix/ipc.h
+++ b/include/minix/ipc.h
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ typedef struct {
 } mess_sigcalls;
 _ASSERT_MSG_SIZE(mess_sigcalls);
 
+typedef struct {
+	uint32_t nfds;
+	fd_set *readfds;
+	fd_set *writefds;
+	fd_set *errorfds;
+	vir_bytes timeout;	/* user-provided 'struct timeval *' */
+
+	uint8_t padding[36];
+} mess_lc_vfs_select;
+_ASSERT_MSG_SIZE(mess_lc_vfs_select);
+
 typedef struct {
 	dev_t device;
 	off_t seek_pos;
@@ -597,6 +608,8 @@ typedef struct {
 		mess_fs_vfs_readsuper	m_fs_vfs_readsuper;
 		mess_fs_vfs_readwrite	m_fs_vfs_readwrite;
 
+		mess_lc_vfs_select	m_lc_vfs_select;
+
 		mess_vfs_fs_breadwrite	m_vfs_fs_breadwrite;
 		mess_vfs_fs_chmod	m_vfs_fs_chmod;
 		mess_vfs_fs_chown	m_vfs_fs_chown;
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys-minix/select.c b/lib/libc/sys-minix/select.c
index 09f4ab1be..adc8c8193 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys-minix/select.c
+++ b/lib/libc/sys-minix/select.c
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ int select(int nfds,
   message m;
 
   memset(&m, 0, sizeof(m));
-  m.VFS_SELECT_NFDS = nfds;
-  m.VFS_SELECT_READFDS = (char *) readfds;
-  m.VFS_SELECT_WRITEFDS = (char *) writefds;
-  m.VFS_SELECT_ERRORFDS = (char *) errorfds;
-  m.VFS_SELECT_TIMEOUT = (char *) timeout;
+  m.m_lc_vfs_select.nfds = nfds;
+  m.m_lc_vfs_select.readfds = readfds;
+  m.m_lc_vfs_select.writefds = writefds;
+  m.m_lc_vfs_select.errorfds = errorfds;
+  m.m_lc_vfs_select.timeout = (vir_bytes)timeout;
 
   return (_syscall(VFS_PROC_NR, VFS_SELECT, &m));
 }
diff --git a/servers/vfs/select.c b/servers/vfs/select.c
index 945be2cf8..65495620e 100644
--- a/servers/vfs/select.c
+++ b/servers/vfs/select.c
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ int do_select(void)
   struct selectentry *se;
   vir_bytes vtimeout;
 
-  nfds = job_m_in.VFS_SELECT_NFDS;
-  vtimeout = (vir_bytes) job_m_in.VFS_SELECT_TIMEOUT;
+  nfds = job_m_in.m_lc_vfs_select.nfds;
+  vtimeout = job_m_in.m_lc_vfs_select.timeout;
 
   /* Sane amount of file descriptors? */
   if (nfds < 0 || nfds > OPEN_MAX) return(EINVAL);
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ int do_select(void)
   wipe_select(se);	/* Clear results of previous usage */
   se->requestor = fp;
   se->req_endpt = who_e;
-  se->vir_readfds = (fd_set *) job_m_in.VFS_SELECT_READFDS;
-  se->vir_writefds = (fd_set *) job_m_in.VFS_SELECT_WRITEFDS;
-  se->vir_errorfds = (fd_set *) job_m_in.VFS_SELECT_ERRORFDS;
+  se->vir_readfds = job_m_in.m_lc_vfs_select.readfds;
+  se->vir_writefds = job_m_in.m_lc_vfs_select.writefds;
+  se->vir_errorfds = job_m_in.m_lc_vfs_select.errorfds;
 
   /* Copy fdsets from the process */
   if ((r = copy_fdsets(se, nfds, FROM_PROC)) != OK) {
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ int do_select(void)
   /* Did the process set a timeout value? If so, retrieve it. */
   if (vtimeout != 0) {
 	do_timeout = 1;
-	r = sys_datacopy_wrapper(who_e, (vir_bytes) vtimeout, SELF, 
-			(vir_bytes) &timeout, sizeof(timeout));
+	r = sys_datacopy_wrapper(who_e, vtimeout, SELF, (vir_bytes) &timeout,
+		sizeof(timeout));
 	if (r != OK) {
 		se->requestor = NULL;
 		return(r);