diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index e88b53a818..46906da7e6 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ struct file_operations afs_file_fops = {
   .mmap =	afs_linux_mmap,
   .open =	afs_linux_open,
   .flush =	afs_linux_flush,
+#ifdef AFS_LINUX26_ENV
+  .sendfile =   generic_file_sendfile,
+#endif
   .release =	afs_linux_release,
   .fsync =	afs_linux_fsync,
   .lock =	afs_linux_lock,