diff --git a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
index 682aae8a1fef..d20ed0d11411 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
+++ b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/raid/pq.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+
 #include <altivec.h>
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 # include <asm/cputable.h>
 # include <asm/switch_to.h>
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /*
  * This is the C data type to use.  We use a vector of
diff --git a/lib/raid6/test/Makefile b/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
index ef6d0e00f189..5050e270c06b 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
+++ b/lib/raid6/test/Makefile
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ else ifeq ($(HAS_NEON),yes)
         CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON=1
 else
         HAS_ALTIVEC := $(shell printf '\#include <altivec.h>\nvector int a;\n' |\
-                         gcc -c -x c - >&/dev/null && \
-                         rm ./-.o && echo yes)
+                         gcc -c -x c - >/dev/null && rm ./-.o && echo yes)
         ifeq ($(HAS_ALTIVEC),yes)
+                CFLAGS += -I../../../arch/powerpc/include
+                CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_ALTIVEC
                 OBJS += altivec1.o altivec2.o altivec4.o altivec8.o \
                         vpermxor1.o vpermxor2.o vpermxor4.o vpermxor8.o
         endif