diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f469756f..3d94094b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ endforeach
 
 have_funcs = [
 	'accept4',
+	'getpeereid',
 	'mkostemp',
 	'posix_fallocate',
 	'prctl',
diff --git a/src/wayland-os.c b/src/wayland-os.c
index a9066cae..6651c8ce 100644
--- a/src/wayland-os.c
+++ b/src/wayland-os.c
@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid)
 	*pid = ucred.pid;
 	return 0;
 }
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETPEEREID) && defined(LOCAL_PEERPID)
+int
+wl_os_socket_peercred(int sockfd, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, pid_t *pid)
+{
+	socklen_t len;
+
+	if (getpeereid(sockfd, uid, gid) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	len = sizeof(pid_t);
+	if (getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_LOCAL, LOCAL_PEERPID, pid, &len) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 #else
 #error "Don't know how to read ucred on this platform"
 #endif