diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_platform_limits_posix.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_platform_limits_posix.cc
index e2fb94fc6876..6ffd26d9f1ce 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_platform_limits_posix.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_platform_limits_posix.cc
@@ -762,7 +762,12 @@ namespace __sanitizer {
   unsigned IOCTL_TIOCSSERIAL = TIOCSSERIAL;
 #endif
 
+// EOWNERDEAD is not present in some older platforms.
+#if defined(EOWNERDEAD)
   extern const int errno_EOWNERDEAD = EOWNERDEAD;
+#else
+  extern const int errno_EOWNERDEAD = -1;
+#endif
 }  // namespace __sanitizer
 
 COMPILER_CHECK(sizeof(__sanitizer_pthread_attr_t) >= sizeof(pthread_attr_t));