diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ed0080954..ce70d92a5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6141,7 +6141,7 @@ fi
 
 
 for ac_header in assert.h ctype.h dirent.h errno.h fcntl.h float.h \
-  getopt.h inttypes.h langinfo.h libgen.h limits.h locale.h paths.h \
+  getopt.h inttypes.h langinfo.h libaio.h libgen.h limits.h locale.h paths.h \
   signal.h stdarg.h stddef.h stdio.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h \
   sys/ioctl.h syslog.h sys/mman.h sys/param.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h \
   sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/utsname.h sys/wait.h time.h \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 41e612f90..7b517ef0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([assert.h ctype.h dirent.h errno.h fcntl.h float.h \
-  getopt.h inttypes.h langinfo.h libgen.h limits.h locale.h paths.h \
+  getopt.h inttypes.h langinfo.h libaio.h libgen.h limits.h locale.h paths.h \
   signal.h stdarg.h stddef.h stdio.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h \
   sys/ioctl.h syslog.h sys/mman.h sys/param.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h \
   sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/utsname.h sys/wait.h time.h \
diff --git a/include/configure.h.in b/include/configure.h.in
index 66cc27caf..15fd150ed 100644
--- a/include/configure.h.in
+++ b/include/configure.h.in
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <langinfo.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_LANGINFO_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <libaio.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_LIBAIO_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <libcman.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_LIBCMAN_H