diff --git a/nsenter/nsexec.c b/nsenter/nsexec.c
index d78e1691c..cd02d00a0 100644
--- a/nsenter/nsexec.c
+++ b/nsenter/nsexec.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ static int child_func(void *_arg)
 #if __GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 14
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "syscall.h"
+#if defined(__NR_setns) && !defined(SYS_setns)
+#define SYS_setns __NR_setns
+#endif
 #ifdef SYS_setns
 int setns(int fd, int nstype)
 {