diff --git a/gio/gunixmounts.c b/gio/gunixmounts.c
index 1e8c1b38c..c0247227c 100644
--- a/gio/gunixmounts.c
+++ b/gio/gunixmounts.c
@@ -191,9 +191,11 @@ static GSource *proc_mounts_watch_source = NULL;
 
 #if (defined(HAVE_GETVFSSTAT) || defined(HAVE_GETFSSTAT) || defined(HAVE_GETFSENT)) && defined(HAVE_FSTAB_H) && defined(HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H)
 #include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/ucred.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <fstab.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UCRED_H
+#include <sys/ucred.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8af0b2fac..f453d748c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ headers = [
   'sys/time.h', # MSC does not come with this by default
   'sys/times.h',
   'sys/types.h',
+  'sys/ucred.h',
   'sys/uio.h',
   'sys/vfs.h',
   'sys/vfstab.h',