diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev.c b/src/lxc/bdev.c
index 53465b1c6..0094f68fc 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev.c
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
 #define LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR 4
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MS_REC
+#define MS_REC 16384
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_SLAVE
+#define MS_SLAVE (1<<19)
+#endif
+
 #define DEFAULT_FS_SIZE 1073741824
 #define DEFAULT_FSTYPE "ext3"