--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdio.h stdlib.h string
   syslog.h time.h errno.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h netinet/in.h \
   math.h sys/socket.h dirent.h ctype.h \
   mtent.h fcntl.h sys/param.h arpa/inet.h \
-  sys/vfs.h sys/pstat.h sys/sysinfo.h sys/statvfs.h sys/statfs.h \
+  sys/vfs.h sys/pstat.h sys/statvfs.h sys/statfs.h \
   sys/socket.h sys/loadavg.h arpa/inet.h \
   sys/vmmeter.h strings.h vm/vm_param.h \
   sys/time.h kstat.h sys/syscall.h sys/sysmacros.h \
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdio.h stdlib.h string
   Winber.h lber.h ws2tcpip.h inttypes.h sys/file.h grp.h \
   execinfo.h libperfstat.h sys/systemcfg.h sys/mnttab.h mntent.h sys/times.h \
   dlfcn.h sys/utsname.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/sysinfo.h, [], [], [
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_KERNEL_H
+#  include <linux/kernel.h>
+#endif
+])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(resolv.h, [], [], [
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #  include <sys/types.h>