diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 46791ddc2..9ebcd25c5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -640,6 +640,9 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS], [], [], [#include <sys/prctl.h>])
 # Check for some headers
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/signalfd.h pty.h ifaddrs.h sys/capability.h sys/memfd.h sys/personality.h utmpx.h sys/timerfd.h])
 
+# lookup major()/minor()/makedev()
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
+
 # Check for some syscalls functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setns pivot_root sethostname unshare rand_r confstr faccessat gettid memfd_create])
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c b/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
index db0e21cf6..75de17f61 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
@@ -32,10 +32,19 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "bdev.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "lxclvm.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
+/* major()/minor() */
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#    include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#    include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 lxc_log_define(lxclvm, lxc);
 
 extern char *dir_new_path(char *src, const char *oldname, const char *name,
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index b34621995..53f88b4ba 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+/* makedev() */
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#    include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#    include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STATVFS
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index 2a376eb3c..0dbbf2c11 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
+/* major()/minor() */
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#    include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#    include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_IFADDRS_H
 #include <ifaddrs.h>
 #else