diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 4713c1d364..930226dd90 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         missing_magic.h
         missing_network.h
         missing_prctl.h
+        missing_resource.h
         missing_securebits.h
         missing_stat.h
         missing_syscall.h
diff --git a/src/basic/missing.h b/src/basic/missing.h
index da10b10a2e..6d17aa9cf6 100644
--- a/src/basic/missing.h
+++ b/src/basic/missing.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
@@ -29,13 +28,6 @@ struct sockaddr_vm {
 };
 #endif /* !HAVE_LINUX_VM_SOCKETS_H */
 
-#ifndef RLIMIT_RTTIME
-#define RLIMIT_RTTIME 15
-#endif
-
-/* If RLIMIT_RTTIME is not defined, then we cannot use RLIMIT_NLIMITS as is */
-#define _RLIMIT_MAX (RLIMIT_RTTIME+1 > RLIMIT_NLIMITS ? RLIMIT_RTTIME+1 : RLIMIT_NLIMITS)
-
 #ifndef F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE
 #define F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE 1024
 #endif
@@ -266,6 +258,7 @@ struct sockaddr_vm {
 #include "missing_magic.h"
 #include "missing_network.h"
 #include "missing_prctl.h"
+#include "missing_resource.h"
 #include "missing_type.h"
 
 #include "missing_syscall.h"
diff --git a/src/basic/missing_resource.h b/src/basic/missing_resource.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22ba8abfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/basic/missing_resource.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+#ifndef RLIMIT_RTTIME
+#define RLIMIT_RTTIME 15
+#endif
+
+/* If RLIMIT_RTTIME is not defined, then we cannot use RLIMIT_NLIMITS as is */
+#define _RLIMIT_MAX (RLIMIT_RTTIME+1 > RLIMIT_NLIMITS ? RLIMIT_RTTIME+1 : RLIMIT_NLIMITS)