diff --git a/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx4-abi.h b/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx4-abi.h
index af431752655..daa8e984027 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx4-abi.h
+++ b/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx4-abi.h
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
 #ifndef MLX4_ABI_USER_H
 #define MLX4_ABI_USER_H
 
+#ifdef _KERNEL
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#else
+#include <infiniband/types.h>
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Increment this value if any changes that break userspace ABI
diff --git a/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h b/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
index f5d0f4e83b5..2d5e4629897 100644
--- a/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
+++ b/sys/ofed/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 #ifndef MLX5_ABI_USER_H
 #define MLX5_ABI_USER_H
 
+#ifdef _KERNEL
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#else
+#include <infiniband/types.h>
+#endif
 
 enum {
 	MLX5_QP_FLAG_SIGNATURE		= 1 << 0,