diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-05-01-23-44-31.bpo-11102.Fw9zeS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-05-01-23-44-31.bpo-11102.Fw9zeS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6477538edf5550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-05-01-23-44-31.bpo-11102.Fw9zeS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The :func:`os.major`, :func:`os.makedev`, and :func:`os.minor` functions are
+now available on HP-UX v3.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 9ac021f6c5f8b0..e70fef5ebfe3aa 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -220,15 +220,16 @@ corresponding Unix manual entries for more information on calls.");
 #  include <sys/uio.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+/* Should be included before <sys/sysmacros.h> on HP-UX v3 */
+#  include <sys/types.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H */
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSMACROS_H
 /* GNU C Library: major(), minor(), makedev() */
 #  include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-#  include <sys/types.h>
-#endif /* HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H */
-
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_SYS_STAT_H */
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8d2f3f4cc0fa5f..86228da3ebe22f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18754,6 +18754,7 @@ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 #if defined(MAJOR_IN_MKDEV)
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #elif defined(MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS)
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 52d5c1f7dd3593..4c0d00533606ca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4995,6 +4995,7 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
 #if defined(MAJOR_IN_MKDEV)
 #include <sys/mkdev.h>
 #elif defined(MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS)
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #else
 #include <sys/types.h>