diff --git a/Utilities/cmtar/CMakeLists.txt b/Utilities/cmtar/CMakeLists.txt
index a56fc8407..39910a56a 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmtar/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Utilities/cmtar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,25 @@ SET (HAVE_LIBZ 1)
 #SET (HAVE_UNISTD_H 1)
 SET (MAJOR_IN_MKDEV 0)
 SET (MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS 0)
-SET (MAKEDEV_THREE_ARGS 0)
+
+SET(CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE)
+FOREACH(FILE ${HEADER_INCLUDES})
+  SET(CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE
+    "${CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE}#include <${FILE}>\n")
+ENDFOREACH(FILE)
+SET(CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE
+    "${CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE}
+int main ()
+{
+  major_t maj = 5;
+  minor_t min = 7;
+  makedev(0, maj, min);
+  return 0;
+}
+")
+INCLUDE(CheckCSourceCompiles)
+CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("${CMAKE_MAKEDEV_SOURCE}" MAKEDEV_THREE_ARGS)
+#SET (MAKEDEV_THREE_ARGS 0)
 #SET (NEED_BASENAME 0)
 #SET (NEED_DIRNAME 0)
 #SET (NEED_FNMATCH 1)