diff --git a/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h b/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
index 96ae90b063..c6699c9943 100644
--- a/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
+++ b/bsd-user/syscall_defs.h
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ type safe_##name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, \
     return safe_syscall(SYS_##name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6); \
 }
 
+#define safe_fcntl(...) safe_syscall(SYS_fcntl, __VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* So far all target and host bitmasks are the same */
 #undef  target_to_host_bitmask
 #define target_to_host_bitmask(x, tbl) (x)