diff --git a/libutil/recurse.c b/libutil/recurse.c
index f2028f5..ba1bb23 100644
--- a/libutil/recurse.c
+++ b/libutil/recurse.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "../util.h"
 
 void
-recurse(const char *path, void (*fn)(const char *, char), char follow)
+recurse(const char *path, void (*fn)(const char *, char), int follow)
 {
 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
 	struct dirent *d;
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index d1970c7..5f95809 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ mode_t getumask(void);
 char *humansize(double);
 mode_t parsemode(const char *, mode_t, mode_t);
 void putword(const char *);
-void recurse(const char *, void (*)(const char *, char), char);
+void recurse(const char *, void (*)(const char *, char), int);
 #undef strtonum
 long long strtonum(const char *, long long, long long, const char **);
 long long enstrtonum(int, const char *, long long, long long);