diff -ur b/tools-20070815/uml_net/ethertap.c a/tools-20070815/uml_net/ethertap.c
--- b/tools-20070815/uml_net/ethertap.c	2003-11-08 15:15:25.000000000 +0200
+++ a/tools-20070815/uml_net/ethertap.c	2016-04-22 17:48:55.699997872 +0200
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
 #include "host.h"
 #include "output.h"
 
diff -ur b/tools-20070815/uml_net/host.c a/tools-20070815/uml_net/host.c
--- b/tools-20070815/uml_net/host.c	2006-02-27 22:19:52.000000000 +0200
+++ a/tools-20070815/uml_net/host.c	2016-04-22 17:49:16.629997867 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include "output.h"
 #include "host.h"