diff --git a/include/glib-compat.h b/include/glib-compat.h
index 0b0ec76..695a96f 100644
--- a/include/glib-compat.h
+++ b/include/glib-compat.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#if defined(G_OS_UNIX)
+#include <glib-unix.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Note that because of the GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED constant above, allowing
@@ -72,6 +77,29 @@
 gint g_poll_fixed(GPollFD *fds, guint nfds, gint timeout);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(G_OS_UNIX)
+/*
+ * Note: The fallback implementation is not MT-safe, and it returns a copy of
+ * the libc passwd (must be g_free() after use) but not the content. Because of
+ * these important differences the caller must be aware of, it's not #define for
+ * GLib API substitution.
+ */
+static inline struct passwd *
+g_unix_get_passwd_entry_qemu(const gchar *user_name, GError **error)
+{
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 64, 0)
+    return g_unix_get_passwd_entry(user_name, error);
+#else
+    struct passwd *p = getpwnam(user_name);
+    if (!p) {
+        g_set_error_literal(error, G_UNIX_ERROR, 0, g_strerror(errno));
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return (struct passwd *)g_memdup(p, sizeof(*p));
+#endif
+}
+#endif /* G_OS_UNIX */
+
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #endif