diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
index 0452f8010..c13eddc84 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_device.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ int V4L2Device::open(unsigned int flags)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	int ret = ::open(deviceNode_.c_str(), flags);
+	int ret = syscall(SYS_openat, AT_FDCWD, deviceNode_.c_str(), flags);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		LOG(V4L2, Error) << "Failed to open V4L2 device: "
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
index 13e023237..033f7cc0d 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <vector>
@@ -1426,7 +1427,8 @@ int V4L2M2MDevice::open()
 	 * as the V4L2VideoDevice::open() retains a handle by duplicating the
 	 * fd passed in.
 	 */
-	fd = ::open(deviceNode_.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
+	fd = syscall(SYS_openat, AT_FDCWD, deviceNode_.c_str(),
+		     O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		LOG(V4L2, Error)