diff --git a/include/kvm/kvm.h b/include/kvm/kvm.h
index 6543b35..327a1ab 100644
--- a/include/kvm/kvm.h
+++ b/include/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#define KVM_NR_CPUS		(255)
+
 struct kvm {
 	int			sys_fd;		/* For system ioctls(), i.e. /dev/kvm */
 	int			vm_fd;		/* For VM ioctls() */
diff --git a/kvm-run.c b/kvm-run.c
index aa0f248..13e7662 100644
--- a/kvm-run.c
+++ b/kvm-run.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #define MIN_RAM_SIZE_MB		(64ULL)
 #define MIN_RAM_SIZE_BYTE	(MIN_RAM_SIZE_MB << MB_SHIFT)
 
-#define KVM_NR_CPUS		(255)
-
 static struct kvm *kvm;
 static struct kvm_cpu *kvm_cpus[KVM_NR_CPUS];
 static __thread struct kvm_cpu *current_kvm_cpu;
diff --git a/mptable.c b/mptable.c
index 368db65..5bbe7ea 100644
--- a/mptable.c
+++ b/mptable.c
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
+/*
+ * If kernel is not configured yet this macro
+ * might not be defined, fix it by own definition
+ */
+#ifndef NR_CPUS
+#define NR_CPUS KVM_NR_CPUS
+#endif
+
 #include <asm/mpspec_def.h>
 
 /*