diff --git a/jobs.c b/jobs.c
index dbc74c3..15c8b9e 100644
--- a/jobs.c
+++ b/jobs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/jobs.c,v 1.43 2008/12/29 20:47:15 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/jobs.c,v 1.44 2009/02/23 16:17:44 tg Exp $");
 
 /* Order important! */
 #define PRUNNING	0
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ static int nzombie;		/* # of zombies owned by this process */
 static int32_t njobs;		/* # of jobs started */
 
 #ifndef CHILD_MAX
+#ifdef _POSIX_CHILD_MAX
 #define CHILD_MAX	_POSIX_CHILD_MAX
+#elif defined(__KLIBC__)
+#define CHILD_MAX	999	/* no limit :-) */
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* held_sigchld is set if sigchld occurs before a job is completely started */