diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0beebdd57f431201d48b024c3c9cdd6df04d7ae6..afe883efd4a3cea6dfd2cf48fe06edc5800c52cb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(
         unistd.h \
         malloc.h \
         stdlib.h \
+        limits.h \
         arpa/inet.h \
         net/if.h \
         netinet/in.h \