diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 715734fa8c175..efd5aff48751d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
   PHP_BROKEN_GCC_STRLEN_OPT
 fi
 
+dnl Detect the headers required to use makedev, major, and minor.
+dnl Autoconf <= 2.69 didn't check glibc 2.25 deprecated macros in sys/types.h.
+m4_version_prereq([2.70],,[ac_cv_header_sys_types_h_makedev=no])
+AC_HEADER_MAJOR
+
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/ext/fileinfo/config.m4 b/ext/fileinfo/config.m4
index 8751e1ed7b8f9..a38a205822efd 100644
--- a/ext/fileinfo/config.m4
+++ b/ext/fileinfo/config.m4
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ if test "$PHP_FILEINFO" != "no"; then
     libmagic/readcdf.c libmagic/softmagic.c libmagic/der.c \
     libmagic/buffer.c libmagic/is_csv.c"
 
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/sysmacros.h])
+
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcasestr],,[
     AC_MSG_NOTICE(using libmagic strcasestr implementation)
     libmagic_sources="$libmagic_sources libmagic/strcasestr.c"
diff --git a/ext/posix/config.m4 b/ext/posix/config.m4
index 8d5ad1ce69f8b..9f1091a3c4521 100644
--- a/ext/posix/config.m4
+++ b/ext/posix/config.m4
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ if test "$PHP_POSIX" = "yes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POSIX, 1, [whether to include POSIX-like functions])
   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(posix, posix.c, $ext_shared,, -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1)
 
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/mkdev.h sys/sysmacros.h])
-
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(seteuid setegid setsid getsid getpgid ctermid mkfifo mknod setrlimit getrlimit getgroups makedev initgroups getgrgid_r eaccess)
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(seteuid setegid setsid getsid getpgid ctermid mkfifo mknod setrlimit getrlimit getgroups initgroups getgrgid_r eaccess)
+
+  dnl Check for makedev. If it's defined as a macro, AC_CHECK_FUNCS won't work.
+  dnl Required headers are included by the AC_HEADER_MAJOR logic.
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([makedev],,
+    [AC_CHECK_DECL([makedev], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MAKEDEV], [1])],, [
+      #include <sys/types.h>
+      #ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+      # include <sys/mkdev.h>
+      #elif defined(MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS)
+      # include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+      #endif
+    ])])
 
 dnl Skip pathconf and fpathconf check on musl libc due to limited implementation
 dnl (first argument is not validated and has different error).
diff --git a/ext/posix/posix.c b/ext/posix/posix.c
index aa17cc95d8046..f6e028f9a96e3 100644
--- a/ext/posix/posix.c
+++ b/ext/posix/posix.c
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MKDEV_H
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
 # include <sys/mkdev.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#elif defined(MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS)
 # include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -620,7 +619,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(posix_mknod)
 			zend_argument_value_error(3, "cannot be 0 for the POSIX_S_IFCHR and POSIX_S_IFBLK modes");
 			RETURN_THROWS();
 		} else {
-#if defined(HAVE_MAKEDEV) || defined(makedev)
+#ifdef HAVE_MAKEDEV
 			php_dev = makedev(major, minor);
 #else
 			php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Cannot create a block or character device, creating a normal file instead");