diff --git a/src/modules/system/configure.in b/src/modules/system/configure.in
index 66c5a632b695ffef5ae6b76b8a81075694a5ea8d..6fa51a174c12e949f6ffe37cc7b699bb8836f664 100644
--- a/src/modules/system/configure.in
+++ b/src/modules/system/configure.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)
 
 AC_HAVE_HEADERS(syslog.h sys/syslog.h sys/types.h errno.h unistd.h pwd.h \
 	sys/conf.h sys/socket.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h netdb.h stdarg.h \
-	sys/utsname.h pwd.h passwd.h shadow.h grp.h)
+	sys/utsname.h pwd.h passwd.h shadow.h grp.h sys/stat.h)
 
 AC_HAVE_FUNCS(syslog link symlink readlink \
 	initgroups setgroups seteuid setresuid setegid setresgid \