--- gl/lib/stdio-impl.h
+++ gl/lib/stdio-impl.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
    the same implementation of stdio extension API, except that some fields
    have different naming conventions, or their access requires some casts.  */
 
+/* Glibc 2.28 made _IO_IN_BACKUP private.  For now, work around this
+   problem by defining it ourselves.  FIXME: Do not rely on glibc
+   internals.  */
+#if !defined _IO_IN_BACKUP && defined _IO_EOF_SEEN
+# define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100
+#endif
 
 /* BSD stdio derived implementations.  */
