diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index 91dbd999df..b321b2bce0 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
 
 #include <gtkmm/messagedialog.h>
 #include <gtkmm/accelmap.h>
@@ -3398,11 +3397,11 @@ ARDOUR_UI::start_video_server (Gtk::Window* float_window, bool popup_msg)
 		if (icsd_docroot.empty()) {icsd_docroot = X_("/");}
 
 		struct stat sb;
-		if (!lstat (icsd_docroot.c_str(), &sb) == 0 || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+		if (!g_lstat (icsd_docroot.c_str(), &sb) == 0 || !S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
 			warning << _("Specified docroot is not an existing directory.") << endmsg;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if ( (!lstat (icsd_exec.c_str(), &sb) == 0)
+		if ( (!g_lstat (icsd_exec.c_str(), &sb) == 0)
 		     || (sb.st_mode & (S_IXUSR|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH)) == 0 ) {
 			warning << _("Given Video Server is not an executable file.") << endmsg;
 			continue;