diff --git a/libc-dep/Cargo.toml b/libc-dep/Cargo.toml
index 28cb84c3..fefb8b74 100644
--- a/libc-dep/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libc-dep/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
+nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["socket", "net", "fs", "poll", "time", "user", "dir", "term", "event", "hostname"] }
diff --git a/libcc2rs/Cargo.toml b/libcc2rs/Cargo.toml
index 6221433a..5e10915b 100644
--- a/libcc2rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libcc2rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 libcc2rs-macros = { path = "../libcc2rs-macros", version = "0.1.0" }
 libc = "0.2"
+nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["socket", "net", "fs", "poll", "time", "user", "dir", "term", "event", "hostname"] }
diff --git a/rule-preprocessor/src/semantic.rs b/rule-preprocessor/src/semantic.rs
index 77a12f5c..f9030457 100644
--- a/rule-preprocessor/src/semantic.rs
+++ b/rule-preprocessor/src/semantic.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn build_rustc_args(crate_root: &Path) -> Vec<String> {
     args.push("-L".to_string());
     args.push(format!("dependency={}", deps.display()));
 
-    for dep in &["libcc2rs", "libc", "brotli_sys", "rustls_ffi"] {
+    for dep in &["libcc2rs", "libc", "brotli_sys", "rustls_ffi", "nix"] {
         if let Some(rlib) = find_rlib(deps.as_path(), dep) {
             args.push("--extern".to_string());
             args.push(format!("{}={}", dep, rlib.display()));
diff --git a/rules/Cargo.toml b/rules/Cargo.toml
index c36f8bf0..d9a5e1be 100644
--- a/rules/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rules/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ libc = "0.2.148"
 libcc2rs = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../libcc2rs" }
 brotli-sys = "0.3"
 rustls-ffi = { version = "0.15.3", default-features = false }
+nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["socket", "net", "fs", "poll", "time", "user", "dir", "term", "event", "hostname"] }
diff --git a/rules/src/modules.rs b/rules/src/modules.rs
index e1a53cdd..65dbeae7 100644
--- a/rules/src/modules.rs
+++ b/rules/src/modules.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ pub mod time_tgt_unsafe;
 pub mod unique_ptr_tgt_refcount;
 #[path = r#"../unique_ptr/tgt_unsafe.rs"#]
 pub mod unique_ptr_tgt_unsafe;
+#[path = r#"../unistd/tgt_refcount.rs"#]
+pub mod unistd_tgt_refcount;
 #[path = r#"../unistd/tgt_unsafe.rs"#]
 pub mod unistd_tgt_unsafe;
 #[path = r#"../vector/tgt_refcount.rs"#]
diff --git a/rules/unistd/tgt_refcount.rs b/rules/unistd/tgt_refcount.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c455ed6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/unistd/tgt_refcount.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022-present INESC-ID.
+// Distributed under the MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+use libcc2rs::*;
+
+fn f4(a0: Ptr<u8>) -> i32 {
+    match nix::unistd::unlink(a0.to_rust_string().as_str()) {
+        Ok(()) => 0,
+        Err(__e) => {
+            libcc2rs::cpp2rust_errno().write(__e as i32);
+            -1
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn f8() -> u32 {
+    nix::unistd::geteuid().as_raw()
+}
+
+fn f9(a0: Ptr<u8>, a1: usize) -> i32 {
+    match nix::unistd::gethostname() {
+        Ok(__name) => {
+            let __bytes = __name.as_encoded_bytes();
+            let __n = __bytes.len().min(a1.saturating_sub(1));
+            let mut __dst = a0.clone();
+            for __b in &__bytes[..__n] {
+                __dst.write(*__b);
+                __dst += 1;
+            }
+            if a1 > 0 {
+                __dst.write(0);
+            }
+            0
+        }
+        Err(__e) => {
+            libcc2rs::cpp2rust_errno().write(__e as i32);
+            -1
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn f11(a0: Ptr<u8>) -> i32 {
+    match ::std::fs::remove_dir(a0.to_rust_string()) {
+        Ok(()) => 0,
+        Err(__e) => {
+            libcc2rs::cpp2rust_errno().write(__e.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(::libc::EIO));
+            -1
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/lit/lit/formats/Cpp2RustTest.py b/tests/lit/lit/formats/Cpp2RustTest.py
index 5b8ae0bb..89465616 100644
--- a/tests/lit/lit/formats/Cpp2RustTest.py
+++ b/tests/lit/lit/formats/Cpp2RustTest.py
@@ -202,11 +202,14 @@ def build_rust(self):
 
         parent = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent.parent
         cc2rs_dir = parent / "libcc2rs" / "target" / "release"
+        libc_dep_deps = parent / "libc-dep" / "target" / "release" / "deps"
         # pick the most recently compiled libc
         libc_rlib = max(
-            (parent / "libc-dep" / "target" / "release" / "deps").glob(
-                "liblibc-*.rlib"
-            ),
+            libc_dep_deps.glob("liblibc-*.rlib"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+        nix_rlib = max(
+            libc_dep_deps.glob("libnix-*.rlib"),
             key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
         )
         cmd = [
@@ -229,10 +232,14 @@ def build_rust(self):
             str(self.tmp_dir),
             "-L",
             f"dependency={cc2rs_dir / 'deps'}",
+            "-L",
+            f"dependency={libc_dep_deps}",
             "--extern",
             f"libcc2rs={cc2rs_dir / 'liblibcc2rs.rlib'}",
             "--extern",
             f"libc={libc_rlib}",
+            "--extern",
+            f"nix={nix_rlib}",
         ]
         _, err, returncode = lit.util.executeCommand(cmd, str(self.tmp_dir))
         if exp.should_not_compile:
diff --git a/tests/unit/out/refcount/stdcopy_ostream.rs b/tests/unit/out/refcount/stdcopy_ostream.rs
index abb70823..9ae7dd16 100644
--- a/tests/unit/out/refcount/stdcopy_ostream.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/out/refcount/stdcopy_ostream.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ fn main_0() -> i32 {
         );
         (*ofs.borrow_mut()).try_clone().unwrap()
     };
-    libc::unlink((file.as_pointer() as Ptr<u8>));
+    match nix::unistd::unlink((file.as_pointer() as Ptr<u8>).to_rust_string().as_str()) {
+        Ok(()) => 0,
+        Err(__e) => {
+            libcc2rs::cpp2rust_errno().write(__e as i32);
+            -1
+        }
+    };
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/stdcopy_ostream.cpp b/tests/unit/stdcopy_ostream.cpp
index 81a469f6..523188cf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/stdcopy_ostream.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/stdcopy_ostream.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022-present INESC-ID.
-// Distributed under the MIT license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// XFAIL: refcount
-
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iterator>