diff --git a/include/utils/Compat.h b/include/utils/Compat.h
index 1819266..fb7748e 100644
--- a/include/utils/Compat.h
+++ b/include/utils/Compat.h
@@ -39,4 +39,27 @@
 
 #endif /* !HAVE_OFF64_T */
 
+#if HAVE_PRINTF_ZD
+#  define ZD "%zd"
+#  define ZD_TYPE ssize_t
+#else
+#  define ZD "%ld"
+#  define ZD_TYPE long
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY is defined by some, but not all, versions of
+ * <unistd.h>. (Alas, it is not as standard as we'd hoped!) So, if it's
+ * not already defined, then define it here.
+ */
+#ifndef TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY
+/* Used to retry syscalls that can return EINTR. */
+#define TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(exp) ({         \
+    typeof (exp) _rc;                      \
+    do {                                   \
+        _rc = (exp);                       \
+    } while (_rc == -1 && errno == EINTR); \
+    _rc; })
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LIB_UTILS_COMPAT_H */