diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/_default_fcntl.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/_default_fcntl.h
index 0647e590f..b3177dd69 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/_default_fcntl.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/_default_fcntl.h
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #define AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW     2
 #define AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW       4
 #define AT_REMOVEDIR            8
+#if __GNU_VISIBLE
 #define AT_EMPTY_PATH          16
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if __BSD_VISIBLE
 /* lock operations for flock(2) */