diff --git a/include/sys/param.h b/include/sys/param.h
index 1ed5337e..30499cc7 100644
--- a/include/sys/param.h
+++ b/include/sys/param.h
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 #undef MAXPATHLEN
 #define MAXPATHLEN 4096
 
+#undef MIN
+#undef MAX
+#define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
+#define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
+
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <endian.h>
 #include <limits.h>