diff --git a/source3/configure.in b/source3/configure.in
index a054590b96d..4bfb1db02e8 100644
--- a/source3/configure.in
+++ b/source3/configure.in
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sysmacros.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/syslog.h syslog.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(langinfo.h locale.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(xfs/libxfs.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netgroup.h)
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(rpcsvc/yp_prot.h,,,[[
 #if HAVE_RPC_RPC_H
diff --git a/source3/include/includes.h b/source3/include/includes.h
index b7fcc10ab15..041c431a58c 100644
--- a/source3/include/includes.h
+++ b/source3/include/includes.h
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ typedef int ber_int_t;
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_NETGROUP_H
+#include <netgroup.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_AIO_H) && defined(WITH_AIO)
 #include <aio.h>
 #endif