diff -Nru a/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c b/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c
--- a/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c	2010-11-21 22:33:14.000000000 +0100
+++ b/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c	2018-10-09 01:04:17.391308508 +0200
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@
 	dbg(1, "enter\n");
 	if (priv->gps) {
 	 	vehicle_last = priv;
-#if GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION >= 5
+#if GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION == 5 || GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION == 6
                 gps_read(priv->gps);
+#elif GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION >= 7
+		gps_read(priv->gps, NULL, 0);
 #else
                 if (gps_poll(priv->gps)) {
 			g_warning("gps_poll failed\n");