diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e91c328..67176bef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ ADDLIB+=mpls_ntop.o mpls_pton.o
 CC = gcc
 HOSTCC = gcc
 DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+# Turn on transparent support for LFS
+DEFINES += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 CCOPTS = -O2
 WFLAGS := -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wmissing-prototypes
 WFLAGS += -Wmissing-declarations -Wold-style-definition -Wformat=2