diff --git a/criu/namespaces.c b/criu/namespaces.c
index 05d75d5..9d9bf5a 100644
--- criu/namespaces.c
+++ criu/namespaces.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sched.h>
-#include <sys/capability.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -888,13 +888,13 @@ static int check_user_ns(int pid)
 		hdr.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3;
 		hdr.pid = 0;
 
-		if (capget(&hdr, data) < 0) {
+		if (syscall(SYS_capget, &hdr, data) < 0) {
 			pr_perror("capget");
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		data[0].effective = data[0].permitted;
 		data[1].effective = data[1].permitted;
-		if (capset(&hdr, data) < 0) {
+		if (syscall(SYS_capset, &hdr, data) < 0) {
 			pr_perror("capset");
 			exit(1);
 		}