diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 450f02cc13..3c6a55fc59 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ AC_TYPE_UID_T
 dnl Support building Win32 DLLs (must appear *before* AM_PROG_LIBTOOL)
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
+
 m4_ifndef([LT_INIT], [
   AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 ], [
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_audit.c b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
index bd2eeb6a79..36a3cf6ba0 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_audit.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_audit.c
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "domain_audit.h"
 #include "viraudit.h"
 #include "viruuid.h"
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index 73e57e30ad..de59775256 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/personality.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index ef488123db..1dfbde3330 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index bffd88f90a..da5ccff35f 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index 82051505d2..d80d994327 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <termios.h>
diff --git a/tests/vircgroupmock.c b/tests/vircgroupmock.c
index 756ac51679..cfc51e8f63 100644
--- a/tests/vircgroupmock.c
+++ b/tests/vircgroupmock.c
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 # include <fcntl.h>
 # include <sys/stat.h>
+
+# ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#  include <sys/mkdev.h>
+# elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#  include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+# endif
+
 # include <stdarg.h>
 # include "testutilslxc.h"
 # include "virstring.h"