diff --git a/include/sound/asound.h b/include/sound/asound.h
index 3be4d850..89dd7d2f 100644
--- a/include/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/sound/asound.h
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
+/* workaround for building with old glibc / kernel headers */
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#ifndef __kernel_long_t
+#define __kernel_long_t long
+#endif
+
 #include <alsa/sound/uapi/asound.h>