diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index 0354054..1a71258 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ AC_CHECK_KDEMAXPATHLEN
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mkfifo)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/soundcard.h machine/soundcard.h soundcard.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sysmacros.h)
diff --git a/kplayer/kplayernode.cpp b/kplayer/kplayernode.cpp
index 311c989..a281516 100644
--- a/kplayer/kplayernode.cpp
+++ b/kplayer/kplayernode.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 #include <klargefile.h>
 #include <tdelocale.h>
 #include <kmdcodec.h>