Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/581130
diff --git a/Programs/system_linux.c b/Programs/system_linux.c
index c73bd39..ef7d807 100644
--- a/Programs/system_linux.c
+++ b/Programs/system_linux.c
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif defined MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "log.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "device.h"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96305f7..dcae1e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ BRLTTY_ARG_DISABLE(
 ])
 AC_SUBST([install_messages])
 
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
+
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([wcslen], [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([wchar.h], [dnl
    AC_CHECK_FUNCS([wcwidth])
 ])])
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 71341c6..ff201c2 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -457,2 +457,10 @@ extern "C" {
 
+/* Define to 1 if `major', `minor', and `makedev' are declared in <mkdev.h>.
+   */
+#undef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+
+/* Define to 1 if `major', `minor', and `makedev' are declared in
+   <sysmacros.h>. */
+#undef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+
 /* Define this to be a string containing the path to the root of the Mikropuhe package. */
diff --git a/Programs/brlapi_client.c b/Programs/brlapi_client.c
index bd6497b..df63b30 100644
--- a/Programs/brlapi_client.c
+++ b/Programs/brlapi_client.c
@@ -32,2 +32,8 @@
 
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#elif defined MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __MINGW32__