diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d6f3695c97..0698365078 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -955,6 +955,9 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_IPV6
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_IPV6
 endif
+ifdef NO_UINTMAX_T
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -Duintmax_t=uint32_t
+endif
 ifdef NO_SOCKADDR_STORAGE
 ifdef NO_IPV6
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -Dsockaddr_storage=sockaddr_in
diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
index 17e9861c06..717072943f 100644
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ NO_C99_FORMAT=@NO_C99_FORMAT@
 NO_STRCASESTR=@NO_STRCASESTR@
 NO_MEMMEM=@NO_MEMMEM@
 NO_STRLCPY=@NO_STRLCPY@
+NO_UINTMAX_T=@NO_UINTMAX_T@
 NO_STRTOUMAX=@NO_STRTOUMAX@
 NO_SETENV=@NO_SETENV@
 NO_UNSETENV=@NO_UNSETENV@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 27bab00a45..a0d53f3124 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -436,6 +436,14 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(strlcpy,
 [NO_STRLCPY=YesPlease])
 AC_SUBST(NO_STRLCPY)
 #
+# Define NO_UINTMAX_T if your platform does not have uintmax_t
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(uintmax_t,
+[NO_UINTMAX_T=],
+[NO_UINTMAX_T=YesPlease],[
+#include <inttypes.h>
+])
+AC_SUBST(NO_UINTMAX_T)
+#
 # Define NO_STRTOUMAX if you don't have strtoumax in the C library.
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(strtoumax,
 [NO_STRTOUMAX=],