diff --git a/include/common/compat.h b/include/common/compat.h
index 1401f91d4..34d1b35c5 100644
--- a/include/common/compat.h
+++ b/include/common/compat.h
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 
+// Redefine some limits that are not present everywhere
+#ifndef LLONG_MAX
+# define LLONG_MAX 9223372036854775807LL
+# define LLONG_MIN (-LLONG_MAX - 1LL)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ULLONG_MAX
+# define ULLONG_MAX	(LLONG_MAX * 2ULL + 1)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef LONGBITS
+#define LONGBITS  ((unsigned int)sizeof(long) * 8)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef BITS_PER_INT
 #define BITS_PER_INT    (8*sizeof(int))
 #endif
diff --git a/include/common/standard.h b/include/common/standard.h
index 0bea022b9..e88a79ddf 100644
--- a/include/common/standard.h
+++ b/include/common/standard.h
@@ -40,19 +40,6 @@
 #include <eb32sctree.h>
 #include <types/protocol.h>
 
-#ifndef LLONG_MAX
-# define LLONG_MAX 9223372036854775807LL
-# define LLONG_MIN (-LLONG_MAX - 1LL)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef ULLONG_MAX
-# define ULLONG_MAX	(LLONG_MAX * 2ULL + 1)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef LONGBITS
-#define LONGBITS  ((unsigned int)sizeof(long) * 8)
-#endif
-
 /* size used for max length of decimal representation of long long int. */
 #define NB_LLMAX_STR (sizeof("-9223372036854775807")-1)