configure.ac                                  | 2 +-
 src/plugins/task/cgroup/task_cgroup_devices.c | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 869a989..2936983 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mcheck.h values.h socket.h sys/socket.h  \
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
 
 dnl Checks for structures.
 dnl
diff --git a/src/plugins/task/cgroup/task_cgroup_devices.c b/src/plugins/task/cgroup/task_cgroup_devices.c
index 554583c..9be99d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/task/cgroup/task_cgroup_devices.c
+++ b/src/plugins/task/cgroup/task_cgroup_devices.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <glob.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+#  include <sys/mkdev.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+#  include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <slurm/slurm.h>
 #include <slurm/slurm_errno.h>