diff --git a/cli/filelister.cpp b/cli/filelister.cpp
index 67a0430b9..82dc0f84a 100644
--- a/cli/filelister.cpp
+++ b/cli/filelister.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ bool FileLister::fileExists(const std::string &path)
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <cerrno>
 
+#ifndef NAME_MAX
+#ifdef MAXNAMLEN
+#define NAME_MAX MAXNAMLEN
+#endif
+#endif
+
 
 static std::string addFiles2(std::map<std::string, std::size_t> &files,
                              const std::string &path,