diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7d97ba2fe9..6c5d4bb34c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ foreach ident : [
         ['mount_setattr',     '''#include <sys/mount.h>'''],
         ['move_mount',        '''#include <sys/mount.h>'''],
         ['open_tree',         '''#include <sys/mount.h>'''],
+        ['getdents64',        '''#include <dirent.h>'''],
 ]
 
         have = cc.has_function(ident[0], prefix : ident[1], args : '-D_GNU_SOURCE')
diff --git a/src/basic/missing_syscall.h b/src/basic/missing_syscall.h
index 57dae77b53..5e80fa79fd 100644
--- a/src/basic/missing_syscall.h
+++ b/src/basic/missing_syscall.h
@@ -540,3 +540,19 @@ static inline int missing_move_mount(
 
 #  define move_mount missing_move_mount
 #endif
+
+/* ======================================================================= */
+
+#if !HAVE_GETDENTS64
+
+static inline ssize_t missing_getdents64(int fd, void *buffer, size_t length) {
+#  if defined __NR_getdents64 && __NR_getdents64 >= 0
+        return syscall(__NR_getdents64, fd, buffer, length);
+#  else
+        errno = ENOSYS;
+        return -1;
+#  endif
+}
+
+#  define getdents64 missing_getdents64
+#endif