diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 38e6161a53..0d28d44156 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_HEADER([semaphore.h])
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_HEADER([seq_file.h])
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_HEADER([sched/signal.h])
+		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_HEADER([uaccess.h])
 
 		 dnl Type existence checks
 		 AC_CHECK_LINUX_TYPE([struct vfs_path], [dcache.h])
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_machdep.h b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_machdep.h
index 9008f7732e..ce8cabf6ee 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_machdep.h
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_machdep.h
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ wakeup(void *event)
 #define IsAfsVnode(V) ((V)->i_sb == afs_globalVFS)	/* test superblock instead */
 #define SetAfsVnode(V)					/* unnecessary */
 
+#if defined(HAVE_LINUX_UACCESS_H)
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#else
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#endif
 
 #define copyin(F, T, C)  (copy_from_user ((char*)(T), (char*)(F), (C)) > 0 ? EFAULT : 0)
 static inline long copyinstr(char *from, char *to, int count, int *length) {
diff --git a/src/afs/sysincludes.h b/src/afs/sysincludes.h
index d0e58a706b..629b3e6f9a 100644
--- a/src/afs/sysincludes.h
+++ b/src/afs/sysincludes.h
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ struct coda_inode_info {
 struct xfs_inode_info {
 };
 # endif
-# include <asm/uaccess.h>
+# if defined(HAVE_LINUX_UACCESS_H)
+#  include <linux/uaccess.h>
+# else
+#  include <asm/uaccess.h>
+# endif
 # include <linux/list.h>
 # include <linux/dcache.h>
 # include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/src/rx/LINUX/rx_knet.c b/src/rx/LINUX/rx_knet.c
index 3398b2d322..dea64fb388 100644
--- a/src/rx/LINUX/rx_knet.c
+++ b/src/rx/LINUX/rx_knet.c
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 #include "rx_peer.h"
 #include "rx_packet.h"
 #include "rx_internal.h"
+#if defined(HAVE_LINUX_UACCESS_H)
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#else
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef AFS_RXERRQ_ENV
 #include <linux/errqueue.h>
 #include <linux/icmp.h>