diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0cd2a79dc..f7d18f807 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ case "$LIBIDN" in
        if test "x$idn" = "xyes"; then
          curl_idn_msg="enabled"
          dnl different versions of libidn have different setups of these:
-         AC_CHECK_FUNCS( idn_free idna_strerror )
+         AC_CHECK_FUNCS( idn_free idna_strerror tld_strerror)
          AC_CHECK_HEADERS( idn-free.h )
        fi