diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c b/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
index 7c9fcb7a3..6a43136f8 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/sys_term.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ int getpty(int *ptynum)
 #if SunOS == 40
     int dummy;
 #endif
-#if 0 /* && defined(HAVE_OPENPTY) */
+#if __linux
     int master;
     int slave;
     if(openpty(&master, &slave, line, 0, 0) == 0){