diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 1354e75694..9e6eebbf1a 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -359,7 +359,13 @@  _syscall3(int, sys_sched_getaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
 #define __NR_sys_sched_setaffinity __NR_sched_setaffinity
 _syscall3(int, sys_sched_setaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
           unsigned long *, user_mask_ptr);
-/* sched_attr is not defined in glibc */
+/* sched_attr is not defined in glibc < 2.41 */
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_MINOR__)
+# if (__GLIBC__ > 2) || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 41)
+    /* do nothing */
+# else
 struct sched_attr {
     uint32_t size;
     uint32_t sched_policy;
@@ -372,6 +378,8 @@  struct sched_attr {
     uint32_t sched_util_min;
     uint32_t sched_util_max;
 };
+# endif
+#endif
 #define __NR_sys_sched_getattr __NR_sched_getattr
 _syscall4(int, sys_sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr *, attr,
           unsigned int, size, unsigned int, flags);