diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4228cee57..4b85d61f0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ check_headers = [
   'regex.h',
   'sched.h',
   'sys/capability.h',
+  'sys/eventfd.h',
   'sys/ioctl.h',
   'sys/mman.h',
   'sys/prctl.h',