diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index d1e49d52b6407979e19e9c1fc788a53bdb48e1ae..de179993e039d41d7e9034b5744be40954f81c09 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@
 #undef uninitialized_var
 #define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
 #endif
+
+/* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works
+ * with any version that can compile the kernel
+ */
+#define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), __COUNTER__)