diff --git a/packages/utmp/namespaced/UnixApi.Utmp.pp b/packages/utmp/namespaced/UnixApi.Utmp.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce96f5362e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utmp/namespaced/UnixApi.Utmp.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+unit UnixApi.Utmp;
+{$DEFINE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+{$i utmp.pp}
diff --git a/packages/utmp/namespaces.lst b/packages/utmp/namespaces.lst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c13656994c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utmp/namespaces.lst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+src/utmp.pp=namespaced/UnixApi.Utmp.pp
+{s*:src/}=namespaced/
+{i+:src/}
diff --git a/packages/utmp/src/utmp.pp b/packages/utmp/src/utmp.pp
index 7ffcfd9b78..182e7af4c4 100644
--- a/packages/utmp/src/utmp.pp
+++ b/packages/utmp/src/utmp.pp
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+{$IFNDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 unit Utmp;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 
 interface
 
+{$IFDEF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
+uses
+  UnixApi.Base,
+  UnixApi.Unix;
+{$ELSE FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 uses
   BaseUnix,
   Unix;
+{$ENDIF FPC_DOTTEDUNITS}
 
 const
   Device_name_length = 12;