diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index e468c0c..a910033 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 #ifndef _WIN32
             if (ch == 0 &&
                 (!kvm_enabled() || kvm_has_sync_mmu())) {
-                madvise(host, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, MADV_DONTNEED);
+                qemu_madvise(host, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED);
             }
 #endif
         } else if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE) {
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4061cb7..5e6f3e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2069,6 +2069,17 @@ if compile_prog "" "" ; then
 fi
 
 ##########################################
+# check if we have posix_madvise
+
+cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+int main(void) { posix_madvise(NULL, 0, POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED); return 0; }
+EOF
+if compile_prog "" "" ; then
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="-DCONFIG_POSIX_MADVISE ${QEMU_CFLAGS}"
+fi
+
+##########################################
 # check if trace backend exists
 
 sh "$source_path/tracetool" "--$trace_backend" --check-backend > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 30426ff..8c09597 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 /* Needed early for CONFIG_BSD etc. */
 #include "config-host.h"
@@ -139,6 +140,31 @@ void qemu_vfree(void *ptr)
 
 #endif
 
+int qemu_madvise(void *addr, size_t len, int advice)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MADVISE
+    switch (advice) {
+        case QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED:
+            advice = POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fprintf(stderr, "Advice %d unhandled.\n", advice);
+            abort();
+    }
+    return posix_madvise(addr, len, advice);
+#else
+    switch (advice) {
+        case QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED:
+            advice = MADV_DONTNEED;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fprintf(stderr, "Advice %d unhandled.\n", advice);
+            abort();
+    }
+    return madvise(addr, len, advice);
+#endif
+}
+
 int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename)
 {
     char buffer[128];
diff --git a/osdep.h b/osdep.h
index 1cdc7e2..9f0da46 100644
--- a/osdep.h
+++ b/osdep.h
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ void *qemu_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size);
 void *qemu_vmalloc(size_t size);
 void qemu_vfree(void *ptr);
 
+#define QEMU_MADV_DONTNEED 1
+
+int qemu_madvise(void *addr, size_t len, int advice);
+
 int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 3f45aa9..d352d18 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <stropts.h>
-/* See MySQL bug #7156 (http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=7156) for
-   discussion about Solaris header problems */
-extern int madvise(caddr_t, size_t, int);
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif