diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 28c227b655..91b6cf0286 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS( \
   sys/syscall.h \
   fcntl.h \
   sys/fcntl.h \
+  sys/param.h \
   sys/select.h \
   sys/time.h \
   sys/times.h \