diff --git a/src/basic/dirent-util.h b/src/basic/dirent-util.h
index f695885948..0a2fcbf957 100644
--- a/src/basic/dirent-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/dirent-util.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct dirent *readdir_no_dot(DIR *dirp);
 /* Only if 64-bit off_t is enabled struct dirent + struct dirent64 are actually the same. We require this, and
  * we want them to be interchangeable to make getdents64() work, hence verify that. */
 assert_cc(_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64);
+/* These asserts would fail on musl where the LFS extensions don't exist. They should
+ * always be present on glibc however. */
 #if HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT64
 assert_cc(sizeof(struct dirent) == sizeof(struct dirent64));
 assert_cc(offsetof(struct dirent, d_ino) == offsetof(struct dirent64, d_ino));