diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 036dfb925bf..a02173f2442 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([xlocale.h], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_XLOCALE_H"])
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/sysctl.h], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H"])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([strtof], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_STRTOF"])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([mkostemp], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_MKOSTEMP"])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([memfd_create], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_MEMFD_CREATE"])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether strtod has locale support])
 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_allocator.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_allocator.c
index 27eedb53aa7..4b246958b75 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_allocator.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_allocator.c
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ futex_wait(uint32_t *addr, int32_t value)
    return sys_futex(addr, FUTEX_WAIT, value, NULL, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
 static inline int
 memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 {
    return syscall(SYS_memfd_create, name, flags);
 }
+#endif
 
 static inline uint32_t
 ilog2_round_up(uint32_t value)
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_gem_stubs.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_gem_stubs.c
index 02527b5fcd8..26eb5c8a610 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_gem_stubs.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_gem_stubs.c
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 
 #include "anv_private.h"
 
+#ifndef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
 static inline int
 memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 {
    return syscall(SYS_memfd_create, name, flags);
 }
+#endif
 
 uint32_t
 anv_gem_create(struct anv_device *device, uint64_t size)