diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/contrib/vhost-user-scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
index 7a1db164c8..3c912384e9 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <iscsi/iscsi.h>
+#define inline __attribute__((gnu_inline))  /* required for libiscsi v1.9.0 */
 #include <iscsi/scsi-lowlevel.h>
+#undef inline
 #include "contrib/libvhost-user/libvhost-user-glib.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h"