diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7cd7e918732..d6bd2bf6dee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9396,7 +9396,7 @@ $as_echo "MACHDEP_OBJS" >&6; }
 
 # checks for library functions
 for ac_func in alarm accept4 setitimer getitimer bind_textdomain_codeset chown \
- clock confstr ctermid execv faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
+ clock confstr ctermid dirfd execv faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
  fexecve fdopendir fork fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimesat \
  futimens futimes gai_strerror \
  getgrouplist getgroups getlogin getloadavg getpeername getpgid getpid \