diff --git a/src/configfile.l b/src/configfile.l
index fd441658..55e2fa25 100644
--- a/src/configfile.l
+++ b/src/configfile.l
@@ -301,8 +301,10 @@ int DBGetReaderListDir(const char *readerconf_dir,
 			snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/%s",
 				readerconf_dir, direntry->d_name);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
 			/* skip non regular files */
 			if (direntry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN)
+#endif
 			{
 				struct stat st;
 
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ int DBGetReaderListDir(const char *readerconf_dir,
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
+#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_TYPE
 			else
 				if (direntry->d_type != DT_REG)
 				{
@@ -327,6 +330,7 @@ int DBGetReaderListDir(const char *readerconf_dir,
 						direntry->d_name);
 					continue;
 				}
+#endif
 
 			/* skip files starting with . like ., .., .svn, etc */
 			if ('.' == direntry->d_name[0])