diff --git a/btrfs-convert.c b/btrfs-convert.c
index 4c6c793a..c503bf6e 100644
--- a/btrfs-convert.c
+++ b/btrfs-convert.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index fab942b4..56aaf9c3 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #include "commands.h"
 #include "utils.h"
diff --git a/mkfs.c b/mkfs.c
index f930a535..98a1eddd 100644
--- a/mkfs.c
+++ b/mkfs.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <blkid/blkid.h>
 #include <ftw.h>
 #include "ctree.h"