diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0e64ae45a..6841cce638 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Nov  3 15:01:29 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* file.c: include sys/sysmacros.h for ArchLinux which deprecated
+	  use of major() and minor() in sys/types.h.
+
 Wed Nov  2 08:45:49 2016  Dmitry Gritsay  <unseductable@gmail.com>
 
 	* doc/extension.rdoc: set ANYARGS as arguments for func1 and func2.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8e61066ac6..3734afae24 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1322,6 +1322,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/select.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sendfile.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/socket.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/syscall.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sysmacros.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/times.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/uio.h)
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index f86c9206d5..f11fb8228d 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ int flock(int, int);
 #include <pwd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>