diff --git a/src/systemd/nm-sd-adapt.h b/src/systemd/nm-sd-adapt.h
index 967cb48fac..84a497caf3 100644
--- a/src/systemd/nm-sd-adapt.h
+++ b/src/systemd/nm-sd-adapt.h
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ G_STMT_START { \
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+/* work around missing uchar.h */
+typedef guint16 char16_t;
+typedef guint32 char32_t;
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 /* Can't include both net/if.h and linux/if.h; so have to define this here */
 #ifndef IFNAMSIZ
 #define IFNAMSIZ 16
diff --git a/src/systemd/src/basic/escape.h b/src/systemd/src/basic/escape.h
index 6ca36a75e5..9f1bb45f77 100644
--- a/src/systemd/src/basic/escape.h
+++ b/src/systemd/src/basic/escape.h
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#if 0 /* NM_IGNORED */
 #include <uchar.h>
+#endif /* NM_IGNORED */
 
 #include "string-util.h"
 #if 0 /* NM_IGNORED */
diff --git a/src/systemd/src/basic/utf8.h b/src/systemd/src/basic/utf8.h
index 0a7858ca67..8b917cb03e 100644
--- a/src/systemd/src/basic/utf8.h
+++ b/src/systemd/src/basic/utf8.h
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#if 0 /* NM_IGNORED */
 #include <uchar.h>
+#endif /* NM_IGNORED */
 
 #include "macro.h"
 #if 0 /* NM_IGNORED */