diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8b783a877..5c83e2a46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dlfcn.h string.h unistd.h sys/fcntl.h sys/ioctl.h linux/random
                  [LIBBLOCKDEV_SOFT_FAILURE([Header file $ac_header not found.])],
                  [])
 
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strerror_l])
+
 AC_ARG_WITH([bcache],
     AS_HELP_STRING([--with-bcache], [support bcache @<:@default=yes@:>@]),
     [],
diff --git a/src/plugins/crypto.c b/src/plugins/crypto.c
index 8beae0985..f7646ec94 100644
--- a/src/plugins/crypto.c
+++ b/src/plugins/crypto.c
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
 
 #define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_L)
+static char *strerror_l(int errnum, locale_t locale UNUSED)
+{
+	return strerror(errnum);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * SECTION: crypto
  * @short_description: plugin for operations with encrypted devices
diff --git a/src/utils/module.c b/src/utils/module.c
index 254ee251c..0870485ed 100644
--- a/src/utils/module.c
+++ b/src/utils/module.c
@@ -259,6 +259,14 @@ gboolean bd_utils_unload_kernel_module (const gchar *module_name, GError **error
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+#define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
+
+#if !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_L)
+static char *strerror_l(int errnum, locale_t locale UNUSED)
+{
+	return strerror(errnum);
+}
+#endif
 
 static BDUtilsLinuxVersion detected_linux_ver;
 static gboolean have_linux_ver = FALSE;