diff --git a/m4/virt-attr.m4 b/m4/virt-attr.m4
index c55bd7dbd8..478549c17f 100644
--- a/m4/virt-attr.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-attr.m4
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_ARG_ATTR],[
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_CHECK_ATTR],[
-  LIBVIRT_CHECK_LIB([ATTR], [attr], [getxattr], [attr/xattr.h])
+  LIBVIRT_CHECK_LIB([ATTR], [attr], [getxattr], [sys/xattr.h])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_RESULT_ATTR],[
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c b/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
index 22b6709554..fe6f2b5fd9 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxhelper.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <attr/xattr.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 
 #ifndef NFS_SUPER_MAGIC
 # define NFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x6969
diff --git a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
index c684989fd2..48fee7cd28 100644
--- a/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
+++ b/tests/securityselinuxlabeltest.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
 #include <selinux/context.h>
-#include <attr/xattr.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "testutils.h"