diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 18b454f60c..29e083efe1 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -935,6 +935,10 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 LINUX_SYSCTL_TABLE_CHECKING
 		 LINUX_HAVE_IGET
 		 LINUX_HAVE_I_SIZE_READ
+		 LINUX_HAVE_D_ALLOC_ANON
+		 if test "x$ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon" = "xno"; then
+		   AC_DEFINE([AFS_NONFSTRANS], 1, [define to disable the nfs translator])
+		 fi
 		 LINUX_FS_STRUCT_NAMEIDATA_HAS_PATH
 	         LINUX_EXPORTS_INIT_MM
                  LINUX_EXPORTS_SYS_CHDIR
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_export.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_export.c
index e92f34bdc7..3218090842 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_export.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_export.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ RCSID
 #include "afs/afs_dynroot.h"
 #include "h/smp_lock.h"
 
+#if !defined(AFS_NONFSTRANS)
+
 /* #define OSI_EXPORT_DEBUG */
 
 extern struct dentry_operations afs_dentry_operations;
@@ -956,3 +958,5 @@ struct export_operations afs_export_ops = {
     .get_name   = afs_export_get_name,
     .get_parent = afs_export_get_parent,
 };
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
index 5530fcecdf..a7dc33eed8 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
@@ -841,6 +841,22 @@ AC_DEFUN([LINUX_HAVE_I_SIZE_READ], [
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LINUX_I_SIZE_READ], 1, [define if your kernel has i_size_read()])
   fi])
 
+AC_DEFUN([LINUX_HAVE_D_ALLOC_ANON], [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for linux d_alloc_anon()])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon], [
+    save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Werror-implicit-function-declaration"
+    AC_TRY_KBUILD(
+[#include <linux/dcache.h>],
+[d_alloc_anon(NULL);],
+      ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon=yes,
+      ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon=no)
+    CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon)
+  if test "x$ac_cv_linux_d_alloc_anon" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LINUX_D_ALLOC_ANON], 1, [define if your kernel has d_alloc_anon()])
+  fi])
+
 AC_DEFUN([LINUX_FREEZER_H_EXISTS], [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for linux/freezer.h existance])
   AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_linux_freezer_h_exists], [