diff --git a/lib/services/pcmk-dbus.h b/lib/services/pcmk-dbus.h
index afb8a2a2bf..b9a713be60 100644
--- a/lib/services/pcmk-dbus.h
+++ b/lib/services/pcmk-dbus.h
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef DBUS_TIMEOUT_USE_DEFAULT
+#  define DBUS_TIMEOUT_USE_DEFAULT -1
+#endif
+
 DBusConnection *pcmk_dbus_connect(void);
 void pcmk_dbus_connection_setup_with_select(DBusConnection *c);
 void pcmk_dbus_disconnect(DBusConnection *connection);
 
 DBusPendingCall *pcmk_dbus_send(DBusMessage *msg, DBusConnection *connection,
                     void(*done)(DBusPendingCall *pending, void *user_data), void *user_data, int timeout);
 DBusMessage *pcmk_dbus_send_recv(DBusMessage *msg, DBusConnection *connection, DBusError *error, int timeout);
 bool pcmk_dbus_type_check(DBusMessage *msg, DBusMessageIter *field, int expected, const char *function, int line);
 char *pcmk_dbus_get_property(
     DBusConnection *connection, const char *target, const char *obj, const gchar * iface, const char *name,
     void (*callback)(const char *name, const char *value, void *userdata), void *userdata,
     DBusPendingCall **pending, int timeout);
 
 bool pcmk_dbus_find_error(const char *method, DBusPendingCall* pending, DBusMessage *reply, DBusError *error);