diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
index 67f1267d0a..6ab91263b1 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-remote-main.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static mhd_result request_handler(
                         /* When serialized, an entry of maximum size might be slightly larger,
                          * so this does not correspond exactly to the limit in journald. Oh well.
                          */
-                        return mhd_respondf(connection, 0, MHD_HTTP_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE,
+                        return mhd_respondf(connection, 0, MHD_HTTP_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE,
                                             "Payload larger than maximum size of %u bytes", ENTRY_SIZE_MAX);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.h b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.h
index a92ba57d0f..7e7d1b56b1 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.h
+++ b/src/journal-remote/microhttpd-util.h
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@
 #  define MHD_HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE MHD_HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ACCEPTABLE
 #endif
 
-/* Renamed in µhttpd 0.9.53 */
-#ifndef MHD_HTTP_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
-#  define MHD_HTTP_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE MHD_HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
+/* Renamed in µhttpd 0.9.74 (8c644fc1f4d498ea489add8d40a68f5d3e5899fa) */
+#ifndef MHD_HTTP_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE
+#  ifdef MHD_HTTP_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
+#    define MHD_HTTP_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE MHD_HTTP_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE /* 0.9.53 or newer */
+#  else
+#    define MHD_HTTP_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE MHD_HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #if MHD_VERSION < 0x00094203