diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_inline.cpp b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_inline.cpp
index fa3a7ad031..c9efc0bc99 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_inline.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit_inline.cpp
@@ -821,7 +821,10 @@ static void
 add_module_to_inline_search_path(InlineSearchPath& searchpath, llvm::StringRef modpath)
 {
 	/* only extension in libdir are candidates for inlining for now */
-	if (!modpath.startswith("$libdir/"))
+#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR < 16
+#define starts_with startswith
+#endif
+	if (!modpath.starts_with("$libdir/"))
 		return;
 
 	/* if there's no match, attempt to load */