diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d8521ad3a..81a32f9fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ if test x$TARGET_OS = xdarwin; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip"])
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h])
 
 dnl Check for MSG_NOSIGNAL
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for MSG_NOSIGNAL)