diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 23a56d69cd..23058435c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 	* libio/tst-memstream3.c (FWRITE): Rename to _FWRITE.
 	(do_test_bz20181): Rename accordingly.
 	* libio/tst-wmemstream3.c (FWRITE): Rename accordingly.
+	* io/tst-fchownat.c [!defined _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED]: Act like when
+	_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED is defined to 0.
 
 2008-12-18  Thomas Schwinge  <tschwinge@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/io/tst-fchownat.c b/io/tst-fchownat.c
index e8adf6229f..8318842249 100644
--- a/io/tst-fchownat.c
+++ b/io/tst-fchownat.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static int dir_fd;
 static void
 prepare (void)
 {
-#if _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED == 0
+#if !defined _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED || _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED == 0
   if (pathconf (test_dir, _PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED) != 0)
 #endif
     {