diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index c20bfce..04b3bdb 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ sysvinit (2.89dsf) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Petter Reinholdtsen ]
   * Next release will be 2.89dsf.
+  * Add #ifdef in bootlogd.c to avoid gcc warnings about unused
+    variable on non-linux platforms.
 
  -- Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>  Sun Apr 11 11:28:55 CEST 2010
 
diff --git a/src/bootlogd.c b/src/bootlogd.c
index 570d382..3a12f3d 100644
--- a/src/bootlogd.c
+++ b/src/bootlogd.c
@@ -243,12 +243,16 @@ int consolename(char *res, int rlen)
 #ifdef TIOCGDEV
 	unsigned int	kdev;
 #endif
-	struct stat	st, st2;
+	struct stat	st;
+	int		n;
+#ifdef __linux__
 	char		buf[256];
 	char		*p;
+	struct stat	st2;
 	int		didmount = 0;
-	int		n, r;
+	int		r;
 	int		fd;
+#endif
 
 	fstat(0, &st);
 	if (major(st.st_rdev) != 5 || minor(st.st_rdev) != 1) {