diff --git a/udev_libc_wrapper.h b/udev_libc_wrapper.h
index 4bb68913a9..a12af64c24 100644
--- a/udev_libc_wrapper.h
+++ b/udev_libc_wrapper.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 #define __FD_ZERO(set) ((void) memset ((void*) (set), 0, sizeof (fd_set)))
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
+#define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT 15
+#endif
+
 #include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef __KLIBC__
diff --git a/udevd.c b/udevd.c
index be401bec30..fa14c56073 100644
--- a/udevd.c
+++ b/udevd.c
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
 #include "udevd.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 
-#ifndef NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
-#define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT 15
-#endif
-
 /* global variables*/
 static int udevd_sock;
 static int uevent_netlink_sock;
diff --git a/udevmonitor.c b/udevmonitor.c
index f4f28b1659..51e8a2ab0b 100644
--- a/udevmonitor.c
+++ b/udevmonitor.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "udev.h"
 #include "udevd.h"
+#include "udev_libc_wrapper.h"
 
 static int uevent_netlink_sock;
 static int udev_monitor_sock;