diff --git a/libbb/makedev.c b/libbb/makedev.c
index cf59e616b..1809fda4e 100644
--- a/libbb/makedev.c
+++ b/libbb/makedev.c
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 
 /* We do not include libbb.h - #define makedev() is there! */
 #include "platform.h"
-#include <features.h>
-#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#if !(defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) \
+        || defined(__APPLE__) \
+    )
+# include <features.h>
+# include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#else
+# include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __GLIBC__
 /* At least glibc has horrendously large inline for this, so wrap it */