diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 43aef9b230fd..25610205c90d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #define BLOCK_SIZE_BITS 10
 #define BLOCK_SIZE (1<<BLOCK_SIZE_BITS)
 
+#define SEEK_SET	0	/* seek relative to beginning of file */
+#define SEEK_CUR	1	/* seek relative to current file position */
+#define SEEK_END	2	/* seek relative to end of file */
+
 /* And dynamically-tunable limits and defaults: */
 struct files_stat_struct {
 	int nr_files;		/* read only */