diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h b/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
index 3f21e8404..1ffb590aa 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.h
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+/* Define getline() if missing from the C library */
+#ifndef HAVE_GETLINE
+#ifdef HAVE_FGETLN
+#include <../../include/getline.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* define constants if the kernel/glibc headers don't define them */
 #ifndef MS_DIRSYNC
 #define MS_DIRSYNC 128