1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c b/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
index d4835b546..3b3387455 100644
--- a/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
+++ b/test/inet/tst-ethers-line.c
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+/* glibc 2.4 has no ETHER_FILE_NAME, host compile fails without this */
+#ifndef ETHER_FILE_NAME
+#define ETHER_FILE_NAME "/etc/ethers"
+#endif
+
 #define ETHER_LINE_LEN 256
 
+/* This test requires /etc/ethers to exist
+ * and to have nonzero length
+ */
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	struct ether_addr addr;