diff -ur a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c	2024-12-26 20:13:31.150372710 +0000
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c	2024-12-26 20:14:46.092417904 +0000
@@ -1340,6 +1340,11 @@
 	return SLURM_ERROR;
 }
 
+
+#ifndef W_EXITCODE
+#define W_EXITCODE(ret, sig)	((ret) << 8 | (sig))
+#endif
+
 static int _spawn_job_container(stepd_step_rec_t *step)
 {
 	jobacctinfo_t *jobacct = NULL;