diff --git a/core/os/os2/errors.odin b/core/os/os2/errors.odin
index f90baa699..8a2163634 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/errors.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/errors.odin
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ General_Error :: enum u32 {
 	Unsupported,
 }
 
-Platform_Error :: enum i32 {None=0}
+Platform_Error :: _Platform_Error
 
 Error :: union #shared_nil {
 	General_Error,
diff --git a/core/os/os2/errors_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/errors_linux.odin
index 7f28d1c41..29815bf79 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/errors_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/errors_linux.odin
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package os2
 
 import "core:sys/linux"
 
+_Platform_Error :: linux.Errno
+
 @(rodata)
 _errno_strings := [linux.Errno]string{
 	.NONE            = "",
diff --git a/core/os/os2/errors_posix.odin b/core/os/os2/errors_posix.odin
index 7143557a6..9e3424a4a 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/errors_posix.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/errors_posix.odin
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package os2
 
 import "core:sys/posix"
 
+_Platform_Error :: posix.Errno
+
 _error_string :: proc(errno: i32) -> string {
 	return string(posix.strerror(posix.Errno(errno)))
 }
diff --git a/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin b/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
index 6421d26ee..6748c1167 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/errors_windows.odin
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import "base:runtime"
 import "core:slice"
 import win32 "core:sys/windows"
 
+_Platform_Error :: win32.System_Error
+
 _error_string :: proc(errno: i32) -> string {
 	e := win32.DWORD(errno)
 	if e == 0 {
@@ -68,4 +70,4 @@ _get_platform_error :: proc() -> Error {
 		// fallthrough
 	}
 	return Platform_Error(err)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}