diff -up freeipmi-0.6.4/libfreeipmi/include/freeipmi/freeipmi.h.argmax freeipmi-0.6.4/libfreeipmi/include/freeipmi/freeipmi.h
--- freeipmi-0.6.4/libfreeipmi/include/freeipmi/freeipmi.h.argmax	2008-07-29 13:26:05.000000000 +0200
+++ freeipmi-0.6.4/libfreeipmi/include/freeipmi/freeipmi.h	2008-07-29 13:30:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/* GLIBC >= 2.8 have ARG_MAX replaced by _SC_ARG_MAX */ 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#ifdef _SC_ARG_MAX
+#ifdef ARG_MAX
+#undef ARG_MAX
+#endif
+#define ARG_MAX sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX)
+#endif
+
 #include <freeipmi/api/ipmi-api.h>
 #include <freeipmi/api/ipmi-chassis-cmds-api.h>
 #include <freeipmi/api/ipmi-device-global-cmds-api.h>