diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index 0d59d5779..241a9d21b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ static int ongoing_create(struct lxc_container *c)
 	int fd, ret;
 	size_t len;
 	char *path;
-	struct flock lk;
+	struct flock lk = {0};
 
 	len = strlen(c->config_path) + strlen(c->name) + 10;
 	path = alloca(len);
@@ -157,11 +158,11 @@ static int ongoing_create(struct lxc_container *c)
 
 	lk.l_type = F_WRLCK;
 	lk.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
-	lk.l_start = 0;
-	lk.l_len = 0;
 	lk.l_pid = -1;
 
-	ret = fcntl(fd, F_GETLK, &lk);
+	ret = fcntl(fd, F_OFD_GETLK, &lk);
+	if (ret < 0 && errno == EINVAL)
+		ret = flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB);
 	close(fd);
 	if (ret == 0 && lk.l_pid != -1) {
 		/* create is still ongoing */
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ static int create_partial(struct lxc_container *c)
 	int fd, ret;
 	size_t len;
 	char *path;
-	struct flock lk;
+	struct flock lk = {0};
 
 	/* $lxcpath + '/' + $name + '/partial' + \0 */
 	len = strlen(c->config_path) + strlen(c->name) + 10;
@@ -192,11 +193,15 @@ static int create_partial(struct lxc_container *c)
 
 	lk.l_type = F_WRLCK;
 	lk.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
-	lk.l_start = 0;
-	lk.l_len = 0;
 
-	ret = fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &lk);
+	ret = fcntl(fd, F_OFD_SETLKW, &lk);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (errno == EINVAL) {
+			ret = flock(fd, LOCK_EX);
+			if (ret == 0)
+				return fd;
+		}
+
 		SYSERROR("Failed to lock partial file %s", path);
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxclock.c b/src/lxc/lxclock.c
index 31dbd1c13..08c96e0b1 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxclock.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxclock.c
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <lxc/lxccontainer.h>