diff --git a/config/kernel-types.m4 b/config/kernel-types.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed76af2833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kernel-types.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+dnl #
+dnl # check if kernel provides definitions for given types
+dnl #
+
+dnl _ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TYPE(type)
+AC_DEFUN([_ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TYPE], [
+	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([type_$1], [
+		#include <linux/types.h>
+	],[
+		const $1 __attribute__((unused)) x = ($1) 0;
+	])
+])
+
+dnl _ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPE(type)
+AC_DEFUN([_ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPE], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether kernel defines $1])
+	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([type_$1], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+		AC_DEFINE([HAVE_KERNEL_]m4_quote(m4_translit([$1], [a-z], [A-Z])),
+		    1, [kernel defines $1])
+	], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+	])
+])
+
+dnl ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPES([types...])
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPES], [
+	AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TYPES], [
+		m4_foreach_w([type], [$1], [
+			_ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TYPE(type)
+		])
+	])
+	AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPES], [
+		m4_foreach_w([type], [$1], [
+			_ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPE(type)
+		])
+	])
+])
+
+ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPES([intptr_t])
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 548905ccd0..b51477b6a9 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dnl # only once the compilation can be done in parallel significantly
 dnl # speeding up the process.
 dnl #
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_SRC], [
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_TYPES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_OBJTOOL
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_GLOBAL_PAGE_STATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_ACCESS_OK_TYPE
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ dnl #
 dnl # Check results of kernel interface tests.
 dnl #
 AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TEST_RESULT], [
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TYPES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_ACCESS_OK_TYPE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_GLOBAL_PAGE_STATE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_OBJTOOL
diff --git a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
index 20ba457f7e..94ba7b6ad3 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/types.h
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ typedef unsigned long		ulong_t;
 typedef unsigned long long	u_longlong_t;
 typedef long long		longlong_t;
 
+#ifndef HAVE_KERNEL_INTPTR_T
 typedef long			intptr_t;
+#endif
 typedef unsigned long long	rlim64_t;
 
 typedef struct task_struct	kthread_t;