diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 5473b690..da66c646 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ dnl ### A macro to determine whether stat64 is defined.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_STAT64],
 [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for stat64 in (asm|sys)/stat.h)
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_type_stat64,
-[AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#ifdef LINUX
+[AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef LINUX
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/stat.h>
 #else