diff --git a/src/cpp-utils/system/stat.h b/src/cpp-utils/system/stat.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6fb2660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpp-utils/system/stat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef MESSMER_CPPUTILS_SYSTEM_STAT_H
+#define MESSMER_CPPUTILS_SYSTEM_STAT_H
+
+/**
+ * For platform independence: Apple doesn't have stat.st_atim, but stat.st_atimespec
+ */
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+# define st_atim st_atimespec
+# define st_mtim st_mtimespec
+# define st_ctim st_ctimespec
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/cryfs/filesystem/CryNode.cpp b/src/cryfs/filesystem/CryNode.cpp
index 597f8a67..5bb123ed 100644
--- a/src/cryfs/filesystem/CryNode.cpp
+++ b/src/cryfs/filesystem/CryNode.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <fspp/fuse/FuseErrnoException.h>
 #include <cpp-utils/pointer/cast.h>
 #include <cpp-utils/system/clock_gettime.h>
+#include <cpp-utils/system/stat.h>
 
 namespace bf = boost::filesystem;
 
@@ -123,15 +124,9 @@ void CryNode::stat(struct ::stat *result) const {
     result->st_nlink = 1;
     struct timespec now;
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now);
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    result->st_atimespec = now;
-    result->st_mtimespec = now;
-    result->st_ctimespec = now;
-#else
     result->st_atim = now;
     result->st_mtim = now;
     result->st_ctim = now;
-#endif
   } else {
     (*_parent)->statChild(_key, result);
   }
diff --git a/src/cryfs/filesystem/fsblobstore/DirBlob.cpp b/src/cryfs/filesystem/fsblobstore/DirBlob.cpp
index b2915b0e..dc3a28da 100644
--- a/src/cryfs/filesystem/fsblobstore/DirBlob.cpp
+++ b/src/cryfs/filesystem/fsblobstore/DirBlob.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "../CryDevice.h"
 #include "FileBlob.h"
 #include "SymlinkBlob.h"
+#include <cpp-utils/system/stat.h>
 
 using std::vector;
 using std::string;
@@ -149,15 +150,9 @@ void DirBlob::statChildExceptSize(const Key &key, struct ::stat *result) const {
   result->st_gid = child.gid();
   //TODO If possible without performance loss, then for a directory, st_nlink should return number of dir entries (including "." and "..")
   result->st_nlink = 1;
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-  result->st_atimespec = child.lastAccessTime();
-  result->st_mtimespec = child.lastModificationTime();
-  result->st_ctimespec = child.lastMetadataChangeTime();
-#else
   result->st_atim = child.lastAccessTime();
   result->st_mtim = child.lastModificationTime();
   result->st_ctim = child.lastMetadataChangeTime();
-#endif
   //TODO Move ceilDivision to general utils which can be used by cryfs as well
   result->st_blocks = blobstore::onblocks::utils::ceilDivision(result->st_size, (off_t)512);
   result->st_blksize = _fsBlobStore->virtualBlocksizeBytes();
diff --git a/src/fspp/fstest/FsppNodeTest_Timestamps.h b/src/fspp/fstest/FsppNodeTest_Timestamps.h
index 5e7cc7f0..6aae4913 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fstest/FsppNodeTest_Timestamps.h
+++ b/src/fspp/fstest/FsppNodeTest_Timestamps.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "testutils/FsppNodeTest.h"
 #include "../fuse/FuseErrnoException.h"
 #include "testutils/TimestampTestUtils.h"
+#include <cpp-utils/system/stat.h>
 
 using namespace cpputils::time;
 using std::function;
diff --git a/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/FileTest.h b/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/FileTest.h
index 46833955..64119295 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/FileTest.h
+++ b/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/FileTest.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "FileSystemTest.h"
 #include <cpp-utils/data/Data.h>
 #include <cpp-utils/pointer/unique_ref.h>
+#include <cpp-utils/system/stat.h>
 
 template<class ConcreteFileSystemTestFixture>
 class FileTest: public FileSystemTest<ConcreteFileSystemTestFixture> {
@@ -49,23 +50,13 @@ public:
   }
 
   void EXPECT_ATIME_EQ(struct timespec expected, struct stat st) {
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-      EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_sec, st.st_atimespec.tv_sec);
-      EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_nsec, st.st_atimespec.tv_nsec);
-#else
 	  EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_sec, st.st_atim.tv_sec);
 	  EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_nsec, st.st_atim.tv_nsec);
-#endif
   }
 
   void EXPECT_MTIME_EQ(struct timespec expected, struct stat st) {
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-      EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_sec, st.st_mtimespec.tv_sec);
-      EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_nsec, st.st_mtimespec.tv_nsec);
-#else
       EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_sec, st.st_mtim.tv_sec);
       EXPECT_EQ(expected.tv_nsec, st.st_mtim.tv_nsec);
-#endif
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/TimestampTestUtils.h b/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/TimestampTestUtils.h
index 4280541a..cfc15ae3 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/TimestampTestUtils.h
+++ b/src/fspp/fstest/testutils/TimestampTestUtils.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define MESSMER_FSPP_FSTEST_TESTUTILS_TIMESTAMPTESTUTILS_H_
 
 #include <cpp-utils/system/time.h>
+#include <cpp-utils/system/stat.h>
 
 class TimestampTestUtils {
 public: