diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 3ff4551ebf..c5cf9495ee 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 LINUX_IOP_I_PERMISSION_TAKES_FLAGS
 	  	 LINUX_IOP_I_PERMISSION_TAKES_NAMEIDATA
 	  	 LINUX_IOP_I_PUT_LINK_TAKES_COOKIE
+		 LINUX_DOP_D_DELETE_TAKES_CONST
 	  	 LINUX_DOP_D_REVALIDATE_TAKES_NAMEIDATA
 	  	 LINUX_FOP_F_FLUSH_TAKES_FL_OWNER_T
 	  	 LINUX_FOP_F_FSYNC_TAKES_DENTRY
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index 696146bd68..35f69bdbc3 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -961,7 +961,11 @@ afs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dp, struct inode *ip)
 }
 
 static int
+#if defined(DOP_D_DELETE_TAKES_CONST)
+afs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dp)
+#else
 afs_dentry_delete(struct dentry *dp)
+#endif
 {
     if (dp->d_inode && (VTOAFS(dp->d_inode)->f.states & CUnlinked))
 	return 1;		/* bad inode? */
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
index 2292f811f7..3d3aa8f4b4 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
@@ -604,3 +604,17 @@ AC_DEFUN([LINUX_D_COUNT_IS_INT], [
 			[define if dentry->d_count is an int],
 			[-Werror])
 ])
+
+
+AC_DEFUN([LINUX_DOP_D_DELETE_TAKES_CONST], [
+  AC_CHECK_LINUX_BUILD([whether dentry.d_op->d_delete takes a const argument],
+			[ac_cv_linux_dop_d_delete_takes_const],
+			[#include <linux/fs.h>
+			#include <linux/dcache.h>],
+			[struct dentry_operations _d_ops;
+			int _d_del(const struct dentry *de) {return 0;};
+			_d_ops.d_delete = _d_del;],
+			[DOP_D_DELETE_TAKES_CONST],
+			[define if dentry.d_op->d_delete takes a const argument],
+			[-Werror])
+])