diff --git a/auto/modules/perl b/auto/modules/perl
index 35d4f5fb..bf6fe6f0 100644
--- a/auto/modules/perl
+++ b/auto/modules/perl
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ if /bin/sh -c "$NXT_PERL -MConfig -e 'print \"Perl version: \",
     nxt_feature_incs="${NXT_PERL_INCLUDE}"
     nxt_feature_libs="${NXT_PERL_LIBS}"
     nxt_feature_test="
+        #define _GNU_SOURCE
         #include <EXTERN.h>
         #include <perl.h>
 
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ nxt_feature_run=value
 nxt_feature_incs="${NXT_PERL_INCLUDE}"
 nxt_feature_libs="${NXT_PERL_LIBS}"
 nxt_feature_test="
+    #define _GNU_SOURCE
     #include <EXTERN.h>
     #include <perl.h>
 
diff --git a/src/perl/nxt_perl_psgi_layer.h b/src/perl/nxt_perl_psgi_layer.h
index 3fa349c0..561d5153 100644
--- a/src/perl/nxt_perl_psgi_layer.h
+++ b/src/perl/nxt_perl_psgi_layer.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _NXT_PERL_PSGI_LAYER_H_INCLUDED_
 
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <EXTERN.h>
 #include <XSUB.h>
 #include <perl.h>