diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4376c5a..1aa6554 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,15 +83,25 @@ check_include_file_cxx (attr/xattr.h HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H)
 check_include_file_cxx (sys/xattr.h HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H)
 
 # Check if xattr functions take extra arguments, as they do on OSX.
-# Output error is misleading, so do this test quietly.
 include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
-set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET_SAVE ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET})
-set (CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET True)
 check_cxx_source_compiles ("#include <sys/types.h>
   #include <sys/xattr.h>
   int main() { getxattr(0,0,0,0,0,0); return 1; }
   " XATTR_ADD_OPT)
-set (CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET_SAVE})
+
+# Check if xattr function llistxattr exists.
+include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+if (XATTR_ADD_OPT)
+check_cxx_source_compiles ("#include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <sys/xattr.h>
+  int main() { llistxattr(0,0,0,0); return 1; }
+  " XATTR_LLIST)
+else (XATTR_ADD_OPT)
+check_cxx_source_compiles ("#include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <sys/xattr.h>
+  int main() { llistxattr(0,0,0); return 1; }
+  " XATTR_LLIST)
+endif (XATTR_ADD_OPT)
 
 # Check if we have some standard functions.
 include (CheckFuncs)
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 2beb78d..1e2fdc4 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H
 #cmakedefine XATTR_ADD_OPT
+#cmakedefine XATTR_LLIST
 
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LCHMOD
 
diff --git a/encfs/encfs.cpp b/encfs/encfs.cpp
index d9d0f1a..3ff7355 100644
--- a/encfs/encfs.cpp
+++ b/encfs/encfs.cpp
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@ int encfs_getxattr(const char *path, const char *name, char *value,
 
 int _do_listxattr(EncFS_Context *, const string &cyName, char *list,
                   size_t size) {
+#ifndef XATTR_LLIST
+#define llistxattr listxattr
+#endif
 #ifdef XATTR_ADD_OPT
   int options = 0;
   int res = ::llistxattr(cyName.c_str(), list, size, options);