diff -r -u gpm-1.20.7-orig/src/daemon/open_console.c gpm-1.20.7/src/daemon/open_console.c
--- gpm-1.20.7-orig/src/daemon/open_console.c	2012-10-26 16:21:38.000000000 -0500
+++ gpm-1.20.7/src/daemon/open_console.c	2017-10-10 13:40:39.896316258 -0500
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>               /* stat()            */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>              /* ioctl             */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>          /* major() w/newer glibc */
+#endif
+
 /* Linux specific (to be outsourced in gpm2 */
 #include <linux/serial.h>           /* for serial console check */
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>            /* for serial console check */