--- a/lispd/lispd_output.c
+++ b/lispd/lispd_output.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *    Alberto Rodriguez Natal <arnatal@ac.upc.edu>
  */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 
 
 #include <assert.h>
--- a/lispd/lispd_input.c
+++ b/lispd/lispd_input.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *    Alberto Rodriguez Natal <arnatal@ac.upc.edu>
  */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 
 #include "lispd_input.h"
 #include "lispd_map_notify.h"
--- a/lispd/lispd_pkt_lib.c
+++ b/lispd/lispd_pkt_lib.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+
 #include "lispd_afi.h"
 #include "lispd_pkt_lib.h"
 #include "lispd_lib.h"