diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 644ae00a..1f96263e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -473,12 +473,13 @@ fi
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ctype.h fcntl.h libgen.h libintl.h limits.h locale.h \
 	mntent.h stddef.h stdint.h stdlib.h stdio.h stdarg.h string.h \
 	strings.h errno.h time.h unistd.h utime.h wchar.h getopt.h features.h \
 	regex.h endian.h byteswap.h sys/byteorder.h sys/disk.h sys/endian.h \
-	sys/param.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mkdev.h sys/mount.h sys/stat.h sys/types.h \
-	sys/vfs.h sys/statvfs.h sys/sysmacros.h linux/major.h linux/fd.h \
+	sys/param.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mount.h sys/stat.h sys/types.h \
+	sys/vfs.h sys/statvfs.h linux/major.h linux/fd.h \
 	linux/fs.h inttypes.h linux/hdreg.h \
 	machine/endian.h windows.h syslog.h pwd.h malloc.h])
 
diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c b/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
index e9d7d7ac..7dfcb646 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fuse_lowlevel.c
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#if defined(__sun) && defined (__SVR4)
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #endif
-#endif /* defined(__sun) && defined (__SVR4) */
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 
 #define PARAM(inarg) (((const char *)(inarg)) + sizeof(*(inarg)))
 #define OFFSET_MAX 0x7fffffffffffffffLL
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/dir.c b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
index b9f73aad..ce69eaf3 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__sun) && defined (__SVR4)
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #endif
-#else /* defined(__sun) && defined (__SVR4) */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
-#endif /* defined(__sun) && defined (__SVR4) */
 
 #include "param.h"
 #include "types.h"
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/ioctl.c b/libntfs-3g/ioctl.c
index c350164b..28532b2d 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/ioctl.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/ioctl.c
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/src/lowntfs-3g.c b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
index 5439b100..08529a43 100644
--- a/src/lowntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
 #include <sys/dirent.h>
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index 6b25f036..640cfc44 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__DARWIN__)
 #include <sys/dirent.h>