diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index c6807e473ab7..27dc5f2f8cf1 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "-Wno-implicit-function-declaration",
         "-Wno-return-type",
     ],
-    defines = ["HAVE_NANOSLEEP"],
+    defines = ["HAVE_NANOSLEEP", "HAVE_SYS_FILE_H"],
     includes = ["include"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )