diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -2249,17 +2249,17 @@ ScreenResize(XtermWidget xw,
 #ifdef USE_STRUCT_WINSIZE
     ts.ws_xpixel = (ttySize_t) width;
     ts.ws_ypixel = (ttySize_t) height;
 #endif
     code = SET_TTYSIZE(screen->respond, ts);
     TRACE(("return %d from SET_TTYSIZE %dx%d\n", code, rows, cols));
     (void) code;
 
-#if defined(SIGWINCH) && defined(TIOCGPGRP)
+#if defined(SIGWINCH) && (defined(TIOCGPGRP) || defined(linux))
     if (screen->pid > 1) {
 	int pgrp;
 
 	TRACE(("getting process-group\n"));
 	if (ioctl(screen->respond, TIOCGPGRP, &pgrp) != -1) {
 	    TRACE(("sending SIGWINCH to process group %d\n", pgrp));
 	    kill_process_group(pgrp, SIGWINCH);
 	}