diff --git a/scst/include/scst.h b/scst/include/scst.h
index 4a2e71184..8292bb4bf 100644
--- a/scst/include/scst.h
+++ b/scst/include/scst.h
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ typedef _Bool bool;
 #define __aligned __attribute__((aligned))
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * If kthread_create() is not #define, then kthread_create_on_node()
+ * doesn't exist.
+ */
+#ifndef kthread_create
+#define kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, node, namefmt, arg...) \
+	kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ##arg)
+#endif
+
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 32)
 #ifndef O_DSYNC
 #define O_DSYNC O_SYNC