diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 70c279d67b..ada247fd46 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
 AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gethostname vasprintf mmap mlock mlockall usleep])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gethostname vasprintf mmap mlock mlockall usleep getifaddrs])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sched_setscheduler setpriority setrlimit setgroups initgroups])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([wcsncmp setgroups asprintf setenv pselect gettimeofday localtime_r gmtime_r strcasecmp stricmp _stricmp])