diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c034d4b5b..08aeee7f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blksize, struct stat.st_blocks, struct statfs.f
 #endif])
 # struct statvfs.f_basetype is available on Solaris but not for Linux. 
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct statvfs.f_basetype],,, [#include <sys/statvfs.h>])
-AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tm.tm_gmtoff])
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tm.tm_gmtoff, struct tm.__tm_gmtoff],,,[#include <time.h>])
 
 # Checks for libcharset
 AM_LANGINFO_CODESET