diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9250c05d2..dcd011006 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -780,6 +780,13 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER], [test "x$HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER" = "x1"])
 AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT" = "x1"], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OSS_OUTPUT], 1, [Have OSS output?]))
 AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER" = "x1"], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OSS_WRAPPER], 1, [Have OSS wrapper (padsp)?]))
 
+# Some platforms like SunOS (Illumos) may ship without SOUND_PCM_* functionality
+if test "x$HAVE_OSS" = "x1"; then
+    AC_CHECK_DECLS([SOUND_PCM_READ_RATE], [], [], [[#include <sys/soundcard.h>]])
+    AC_CHECK_DECLS([SOUND_PCM_READ_CHANNELS], [], [], [[#include <sys/soundcard.h>]])
+    AC_CHECK_DECLS([SOUND_PCM_READ_BITS], [], [], [[#include <sys/soundcard.h>]])
+fi
+
 #### CoreAudio support (optional) ####
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([coreaudio-output],
diff --git a/src/utils/padsp.c b/src/utils/padsp.c
index 5e336bb1d..943479b39 100644
--- a/src/utils/padsp.c
+++ b/src/utils/padsp.c
@@ -2278,6 +2278,7 @@ static int dsp_ioctl(fd_info *i, unsigned long request, void*argp, int *_errno)
             break;
         }
 
+#if HAVE_DECL_SOUND_PCM_READ_RATE
         case SOUND_PCM_READ_RATE:
             debug(DEBUG_LEVEL_NORMAL, __FILE__": SOUND_PCM_READ_RATE\n");
 
@@ -2285,7 +2286,9 @@ static int dsp_ioctl(fd_info *i, unsigned long request, void*argp, int *_errno)
             *(int*) argp = i->sample_spec.rate;
             pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(i->mainloop);
             break;
+#endif
 
+#if HAVE_DECL_SOUND_PCM_READ_CHANNELS
         case SOUND_PCM_READ_CHANNELS:
             debug(DEBUG_LEVEL_NORMAL, __FILE__": SOUND_PCM_READ_CHANNELS\n");
 
@@ -2293,7 +2296,9 @@ static int dsp_ioctl(fd_info *i, unsigned long request, void*argp, int *_errno)
             *(int*) argp = i->sample_spec.channels;
             pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(i->mainloop);
             break;
+#endif
 
+#if HAVE_DECL_SOUND_PCM_READ_BITS
         case SOUND_PCM_READ_BITS:
             debug(DEBUG_LEVEL_NORMAL, __FILE__": SOUND_PCM_READ_BITS\n");
 
@@ -2301,6 +2306,7 @@ static int dsp_ioctl(fd_info *i, unsigned long request, void*argp, int *_errno)
             *(int*) argp = pa_sample_size(&i->sample_spec)*8;
             pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(i->mainloop);
             break;
+#endif
 
         case SNDCTL_DSP_GETOPTR: {
             count_info *info;