diff --git a/proc/libprocps.sym b/proc/libprocps.sym
index 77a658ba..8b2bab52 100644
--- a/proc/libprocps.sym
+++ b/proc/libprocps.sym
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ global:
 	kb_main_shared;
 	kb_main_total;
 	kb_main_used;
+	kb_slab_reclaimable;
+	kb_slab_unreclaimable;
 	kb_swap_free;
 	kb_swap_total;
 	kb_swap_used;
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index c9b3241b..f9cb68dd 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ static unsigned long kb_anon_pages;
 static unsigned long kb_bounce;
 static unsigned long kb_commit_limit;
 static unsigned long kb_nfs_unstable;
-static unsigned long kb_swap_reclaimable;
-static unsigned long kb_swap_unreclaimable;
+unsigned long kb_slab_reclaimable;
+unsigned long kb_slab_unreclaimable;
 
 void meminfo(void){
   char namebuf[16]; /* big enough to hold any row name */
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ void meminfo(void){
   {"NFS_Unstable", &kb_nfs_unstable},
   {"PageTables",   &kb_pagetables},   // kB version of vmstat nr_page_table_pages
   {"ReverseMaps",  &nr_reversemaps},  // same as vmstat nr_page_table_pages
-  {"SReclaimable", &kb_swap_reclaimable}, // "swap reclaimable" (dentry and inode structures)
-  {"SUnreclaim",   &kb_swap_unreclaimable},
+  {"SReclaimable", &kb_slab_reclaimable}, // "slab reclaimable" (dentry and inode structures)
+  {"SUnreclaim",   &kb_slab_unreclaimable},
   {"Shmem",        &kb_main_shared},  // kernel 2.6.32 and later
   {"Slab",         &kb_slab},         // kB version of vmstat nr_slab
   {"SwapCached",   &kb_swap_cached},
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.h b/proc/sysinfo.h
index 5847b671..69518d84 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.h
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ extern unsigned long kb_dirty;
 extern unsigned long kb_inactive;
 extern unsigned long kb_mapped;
 extern unsigned long kb_pagetables;
+// seen on 2.6.24-rc6-git12
+extern unsigned long kb_slab_reclaimable;
+extern unsigned long kb_slab_unreclaimable;
 
 #define BUFFSIZE (64*1024)
 typedef unsigned long long jiff;