diff --git a/include/sound/asound.h b/include/sound/asound.h
index 89dd7d2f..22e97d9b 100644
--- a/include/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/sound/asound.h
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 /* workaround for building with old glibc / kernel headers */
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#else
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
-#ifndef __kernel_long_t
-#define __kernel_long_t long
-#endif
+#include <alsa/sound/type_compat.h>
 
 #include <alsa/sound/uapi/asound.h>
diff --git a/include/sound/type_compat.h b/include/sound/type_compat.h
index 5b765f44..953ce566 100644
--- a/include/sound/type_compat.h
+++ b/include/sound/type_compat.h
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ typedef int64_t __s64;
 #define __be8  __u8
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __kernel_long_t
+#define __kernel_long_t long
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __user
 #define __user
 #endif