diff --git a/src/stat/Cargo.toml b/src/stat/Cargo.toml
index da3788528..51630441c 100644
--- a/src/stat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/stat/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ path = "stat.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "*"
-libc = "^0.2"
 time = "*"
-uucore = { path="../uucore" }
+
+[dependencies.uucore]
+path = "../uucore"
+default-features = false
+features = ["entries"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "stat"
diff --git a/src/stat/fsext.rs b/src/stat/fsext.rs
index a33c0adad..b7119f635 100644
--- a/src/stat/fsext.rs
+++ b/src/stat/fsext.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 // that was distributed with this source code.
 //
 
-extern crate libc;
+pub use super::uucore::libc;
 extern crate time;
 
 use self::time::Timespec;
-pub use self::libc::{S_IFMT, S_IFDIR, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK, S_IFREG, S_IFIFO, S_IFLNK, S_IFSOCK, S_ISUID, S_ISGID,
-                     S_ISVTX, S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IXUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IXGRP, S_IROTH, S_IWOTH, S_IXOTH, mode_t,
-                     c_int, strerror};
+pub use libc::{S_IFMT, S_IFDIR, S_IFCHR, S_IFBLK, S_IFREG, S_IFIFO, S_IFLNK, S_IFSOCK, S_ISUID, S_ISGID, S_ISVTX,
+               S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IXUSR, S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IXGRP, S_IROTH, S_IWOTH, S_IXOTH, mode_t, c_int,
+               strerror};
 
 pub trait BirthTime {
     fn pretty_birth(&self) -> String;
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use std::io::Error as IOError;
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "android"))]
-use self::libc::statfs as Sstatfs;
+use libc::statfs as Sstatfs;
 // #[cfg(any(target_os = "openbsd", target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "openbsd", target_os = "bitrig", target_os = "dragonfly"))]
 // use self::libc::statvfs as Sstatfs;
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "android"))]
-use self::libc::statfs as statfs_fn;
+use libc::statfs as statfs_fn;
 // #[cfg(any(target_os = "openbsd", target_os = "netbsd", target_os = "openbsd", target_os = "bitrig", target_os = "dragonfly"))]
 // use self::libc::statvfs as statfs_fn;
 
diff --git a/src/stat/stat.rs b/src/stat/stat.rs
index 834396374..8450a74bc 100644
--- a/src/stat/stat.rs
+++ b/src/stat/stat.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub use fsext::*;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
+use uucore::entries;
 
 use std::{fs, iter, cmp};
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -319,31 +320,6 @@ fn print_it(arg: &str, otype: OutputType, flag: u8, width: usize, precision: i32
     }
 }
 
-
-use std::ptr;
-use std::ffi::CStr;
-use uucore::c_types::{getpwuid, getgrgid};
-fn get_grp_name(gid: u32) -> String {
-    let p = unsafe { getgrgid(gid) };
-    if !p.is_null() {
-        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(ptr::read(p).gr_name).to_string_lossy().into_owned() }
-    } else {
-        "UNKNOWN".to_owned()
-    }
-}
-fn get_usr_name(uid: u32) -> String {
-    let p = unsafe { getpwuid(uid) };
-    if !p.is_null() {
-        unsafe {
-            CStr::from_ptr(ptr::read(p).pw_name)
-                .to_string_lossy()
-                .into_owned()
-        }
-    } else {
-        "UNKNOWN".to_owned()
-    }
-}
-
 impl Stater {
     pub fn generate_tokens(fmtstr: &str, use_printf: bool) -> Result<Vec<Token>, String> {
 
@@ -613,7 +589,7 @@ impl Stater {
                                     }
                                     // group name of owner
                                     'G' => {
-                                        arg = get_grp_name(meta.gid());
+                                        arg = entries::gid2grp(meta.gid()).unwrap_or("UNKNOWN".to_owned());
                                         otype = OutputType::Str;
                                     }
                                     // number of hard links
@@ -683,7 +659,7 @@ impl Stater {
                                     }
                                     // user name of owner
                                     'U' => {
-                                        arg = get_usr_name(meta.uid());
+                                        arg = entries::uid2usr(meta.uid()).unwrap_or("UNKNOWN".to_owned());
                                         otype = OutputType::Str;
                                     }