diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 197132c9ae696034ec656b3ade334275468a8128..42777b136398e5a9b31e739e94da43464db4a530 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ else
   dnl is there a localtime_r()
   CURL_CHECK_LOCALTIME_R()
 
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS( gmtime_r )
+
 fi
 
 dnl **********************************************************************
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 1573f445689a7e083ed3fc943285026ca5eea43b..c0b9ce1d3cdf5e9e0f37f4c5e3d020e3968ea2c1 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct connectdata *conn)
        * equal to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)." (see page 20 of RFC2616).
        */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+#ifdef HAVE_GMTIME_R
       /* thread-safe version */
       /* We assume that the presense of localtime_r() proves the presense
          of gmtime_r() which is a bit ugly but might work */