diff --git a/libmultipath/configure.c b/libmultipath/configure.c
index d809490..62154fd 100644
--- a/libmultipath/configure.c
+++ b/libmultipath/configure.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 #include "sysfs.h"
 #include "io_err_stat.h"
 
+#define basename(dev) \
+	(strrchr((dev),'/') ? strrchr((dev),'/')+1 : (dev))
+
 /* group paths in pg by host adapter
  */
 int group_by_host_adapter(struct pathgroup *pgp, vector adapters)