--- a/src/util/logging.c
+++ b/src/util/logging.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
+#ifdef __UCLIBC__
+/* uclibc does not implement mkostemp GNU extention */
+#define mkostemp(x,y) mkstemp(x)
+#endif
+
 VIR_ENUM_DECL(virLogSource)
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virLogSource, VIR_LOG_FROM_LAST,
               "file",