diff --git a/include/link.h b/include/link.h
index 4d3ce2c7ef..f2f026f921 100644
--- a/include/link.h
+++ b/include/link.h
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+/*
+ * glibc-compatible `ElfW(type)` macro: expands to the native-word-size ELF type
+ * (Elf64_type on LP64, Elf32_type otherwise). Portable ELF code (Mesa's
+ * util/build_id.c, unwinders) uses `ElfW(Nhdr)` etc. and expects <link.h> to
+ * provide this.
+ */
+#ifndef ElfW
+# if defined(__LP64__) || defined(_LP64) || (__SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 8)
+#  define ElfW(type) Elf64_##type
+# else
+#  define ElfW(type) Elf32_##type
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif