diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 7c7d13c0c56..01f6c97f8b8 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the mkfifo function.  */
 #undef HAVE_MKFIFO
 
+/* Define if you have the mktime function.  */
+#undef HAVE_MKTIME
+
 /* Define if you have the nice function.  */
 #undef HAVE_NICE
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4f40ac88e94..6edf9419fc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.80 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.81 
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.12 
@@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ fi
 # checks for library functions
 for ac_func in alarm chown clock dlopen execv flock fork ftime ftruncate \
  gethostname_r getpeername getpgrp getpid getpwent gettimeofday getwd \
- kill link lstat mkfifo nice pause plock putenv readlink \
+ kill link lstat mkfifo mktime nice pause plock putenv readlink \
  select setgid setlocale setuid setsid setpgid setpgrp setvbuf \
  sigaction siginterrupt sigrelse strftime strptime symlink \
  tcgetpgrp tcsetpgrp times truncate uname waitpid
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fdca9a92807..b6afebc3272 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ LIBS="$LIBS -ldl -ldld"], AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
 # checks for library functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm chown clock dlopen execv flock fork ftime ftruncate \
  gethostname_r getpeername getpgrp getpid getpwent gettimeofday getwd \
- kill link lstat mkfifo nice pause plock putenv readlink \
+ kill link lstat mkfifo mktime nice pause plock putenv readlink \
  select setgid setlocale setuid setsid setpgid setpgrp setvbuf \
  sigaction siginterrupt sigrelse strftime strptime symlink \
  tcgetpgrp tcsetpgrp times truncate uname waitpid)