diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2881defd..a9378cc5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -150,11 +150,17 @@ libfuse = dependency('fuse3', required: false)
 if libfuse.found()
     conf.set10('HAVE_FUSE3', true)
     conf.set('FUSE_USE_VERSION', 35)
+    if libfuse.version().version_compare('>=3.10.3')
+	conf.set10('HAVE_FUSE_RETURNS_DT_TYPE', true)
+    else
+	conf.set10('HAVE_FUSE_RETURNS_DT_TYPE', false)
+    endif
 else
     libfuse = dependency('fuse', version: '>= 2.6')
     if libfuse.found()
         conf.set10('HAVE_FUSE', true)
         conf.set('FUSE_USE_VERSION', 26)
+	conf.set10('HAVE_FUSE_RETURNS_DT_TYPE', true)
     endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/bindings.c b/src/bindings.c
index e417a13a..422a6229 100644
--- a/src/bindings.c
+++ b/src/bindings.c
@@ -939,7 +939,9 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor)) lxcfs_exit(void)
 void *lxcfs_fuse_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, void *data)
 {
 	struct fuse_context *fc = fuse_get_context();
+#if HAVE_FUSE_RETURNS_DT_TYPE
 	can_use_sys_cpu = true;
+#endif
 	has_versioned_opts = true;
 	return fc->private_data;
 }