diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9db0c1df48..5cdebc7119 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ exclude     = [
   "test/**/*"
 ]
 
+build = "build.rs"
+
 [features]
 eventfd = []
 execvpe = []
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ libc     = "0.2.8"
 bitflags = "0.4"
 cfg-if = "0.1.0"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+rustc_version = "0.1.7"
+semver = "0.1.20"  # Old version for compatibility with rustc_version.
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.3.8"
 tempdir = "0.3"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..084bb0d709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+extern crate rustc_version;
+extern crate semver;
+
+use semver::Version;
+
+fn main() {
+    if rustc_version::version() >= Version::parse("1.6.0").unwrap() {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=raw_pointer_derive_allowed");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/sys/signal.rs b/src/sys/signal.rs
index 2b1fcd4e43..6a1dd96735 100644
--- a/src/sys/signal.rs
+++ b/src/sys/signal.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl AsRef<libc::sigset_t> for SigSet {
 }
 
 #[allow(unknown_lints)]
-#[allow(raw_pointer_derive)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(raw_pointer_derive_allowed), allow(raw_pointer_derive))]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 pub enum SigHandler {
     SigDfl,