diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_rgp_elf_object_pack.c b/src/amd/common/ac_rgp_elf_object_pack.c
index 3d8c6205009..b7575dde370 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_rgp_elf_object_pack.c
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_rgp_elf_object_pack.c
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 #include "ac_rgp.h"
 #include "main/macros.h"
 
+#ifndef EM_AMDGPU
+// Old distributions may not have this enum constant
+#define EM_AMDGPU 224
+#endif
 
 char shader_stage_api_string[6][10] = {
    ".vertex",      /* vertex */