diff --git a/src/jansson_private.h b/src/jansson_private.h
index 08731e8..9224b31 100644
--- a/src/jansson_private.h
+++ b/src/jansson_private.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #define JANSSON_PRIVATE_H
 
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
 #include "jansson.h"
 #include "hashtable.h"
 
@@ -21,6 +20,16 @@
 #define max(a, b)  ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #endif
 
+/* va_copy is a C99 feature. In C89 implementations, it's sometimes
+   available as __va_copy. If not, memcpy() should do the trick. */
+#ifndef va_copy
+#ifdef __va_copy
+#define va_copy __va_copy
+#else
+#define va_copy(a, b)  memcpy(&(a), &(b), sizeof(va_list))
+#endif
+#endif
+
 typedef struct {
     json_t json;
     hashtable_t hashtable;
diff --git a/src/load.c b/src/load.c
index 74e33fc..262bd7d 100644
--- a/src/load.c
+++ b/src/load.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #include <jansson.h>