diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 923db532..e04365d5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 
 # Configuration.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([termios.h sys/ioctl.h mntent.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([termios.h sys/ioctl.h mntent.h sys/sysmacros.h])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strstr getopt getmntent])
 
 # Check for uint[8,16,32]_t
diff --git a/src/finit.c b/src/finit.c
index d7f11a66..57a3045c 100644
--- a/src/finit.c
+++ b/src/finit.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>		/* umask(), mkdir() */
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef _LIBITE_LITE
 # include <libite/lite.h>
 #else