diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index d9a7f3109a..f583d6857e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #endif
 
+/* In GNU libc 2.11, <sys/mount.h> does not define `MS_PRIVATE', but
+   <linux/fs.h> does.  */
+#if !defined MS_PRIVATE && defined HAVE_LINUX_FS_H
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#endif
+
 #define CHROOT_ENABLED HAVE_CHROOT && HAVE_UNSHARE && HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H && defined(MS_BIND) && defined(MS_PRIVATE) && defined(CLONE_NEWNS)
 
 #if CHROOT_ENABLED