diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index ec4ad4c..3d2bb12 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ sysvinit (3.05) unreleased; urgency=low
     * Helge Kreutzmann provided updated Makefile for
       translation of manual pages. This has been added
       to the man directory.
+    * Added sys/sysmacros.h include in mountpoint.c to fix
+      compiler errors on systems where major/minor macros were not defined.
 
 sysvinit (3.04) released; urgency=low
     * Mark Hindley supplied patch to make bootlogd compile
diff --git a/src/mountpoint.c b/src/mountpoint.c
index b24335e..184b1f6 100644
--- a/src/mountpoint.c
+++ b/src/mountpoint.c
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#if defined (__linux__) || defined(__GNU__)
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
 #define PATH_MAX 2048
 #endif