diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fb1dea3ab80..d7ed229b14a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ endforeach
 _attributes = [
   'const', 'flatten', 'malloc', 'pure', 'unused', 'warn_unused_result',
   'weak', 'format', 'packed', 'returns_nonnull', 'alias', 'noreturn',
-  'optimize',
+  'optimize', 'cold',
 ]
 foreach a : cc.get_supported_function_attributes(_attributes)
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_@0@'.format(a.to_upper())
diff --git a/src/util/macros.h b/src/util/macros.h
index e914fa2c6a7..d9487688900 100644
--- a/src/util/macros.h
+++ b/src/util/macros.h
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ do {                       \
 #define ATTRIBUTE_CONST
 #endif
 
+#if defined(HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_COLD)
+#define ATTRIBUTE_COLD __attribute__((__cold__))
+#else
+#define ATTRIBUTE_COLD
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_FLATTEN
 #define FLATTEN __attribute__((__flatten__))
 #else