diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 47e32e1fcb..39ac5cf6d8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -736,6 +736,21 @@ if not has_malloc_trim and get_option('malloc_trim').enabled()
   endif
 endif
 
+# Check whether the glibc provides statx()
+
+statx_test = '''
+  #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+  #define _GNU_SOURCE
+  #endif
+  #include <sys/stat.h>
+  int main(void) {
+    struct statx statxbuf;
+    statx(0, "", 0, STATX_BASIC_STATS, &statxbuf);
+    return 0;
+  }'''
+
+has_statx = cc.links(statx_test)
+
 #################
 # config-host.h #
 #################
@@ -768,6 +783,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_XKBCOMMON', xkbcommon.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_KEYUTILS', keyutils.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_GETTID', has_gettid)
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM', has_malloc_trim)
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_STATX', has_statx)
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()))
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[0])
 config_host_data.set('QEMU_VERSION_MINOR', meson.project_version().split('.')[1])