diff --git a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
index f68a4dcd1..5c2f263e0 100644
--- a/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
+++ b/libtransmission/fdlimit.c
@@ -201,9 +201,16 @@ preallocateFileFull( const char * filename, uint64_t length )
 
 /* https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/3826 */
 #ifdef __UCLIBC__
+#define TR_UCLIBC_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro) \
+    (__UCLIBC_MAJOR__ > (major) || \
+     (__UCLIBC_MAJOR__ == (major) && __UCLIBC_MINOR__ > (minor)) || \
+     (__UCLIBC_MAJOR__ == (major) && __UCLIBC_MINOR__ == (minor) && \
+      __UCLIBC_SUBLEVEL__ >= (micro)))
+#if !TR_UCLIBC_CHECK_VERSION(0,9,28)
  #undef HAVE_PREAD
  #undef HAVE_PWRITE
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef SYS_DARWIN
  #define HAVE_PREAD