diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index 9f5d64499..7e2e31b84 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -639,6 +639,15 @@ struct t10_pi_tuple {
 };
 #endif
 
+/* <linux/thread.h> */
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 39)
+#ifndef kthread_create
+#define kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, node, namefmt, arg...)	\
+	kthread_create((threadfn), (data), (namefmt), ##arg)
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* <linux/types.h> */
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 24)