diff --git a/lib/replace/system/filesys.h b/lib/replace/system/filesys.h
index afde4eacb39..976b2aeec5e 100644
--- a/lib/replace/system/filesys.h
+++ b/lib/replace/system/filesys.h
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@
 #endif
 
 /* mutually exclusive (SuSE 8.2) */
-#if defined(HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H)
-#include <attr/xattr.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H)
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H)
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H)
+#include <attr/xattr.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_SYS_ATTRIBUTES_H)
 #include <sys/attributes.h>
 #elif defined(HAVE_ATTR_ATTRIBUTES_H)