diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c b/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
index 75de17f61..bcd8be8f4 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/lxclvm.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "bdev.h"
@@ -41,9 +42,6 @@
 #ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 #    include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
-#    include <sys/sysmacros.h>
-#endif
 
 lxc_log_define(lxclvm, lxc);
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index edad28f6f..55de873d5 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
@@ -56,9 +57,6 @@
 #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>