diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 409ae66e5..a3fbd7aa6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS( \
         pwd.h \
         utime.h \
         sys/utime.h \
+        sys/poll.h \
         setjmp.h
 )