--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -3237,7 +3237,14 @@
 				  K5LIBS="-lgssapi $K5LIBS" ],
 				[ AC_CHECK_LIB(gssapi_krb5,gss_init_sec_context,
 					[ AC_DEFINE(GSSAPI)
-					  K5LIBS="-lgssapi_krb5 $K5LIBS" ],
+					  K5LIBS="-lgssapi_krb5 $K5LIBS" ]
+					  AC_CHECK_LIB(gssapi_krb5, gss_krb5_copy_ccache, [
+		                                K5LIBS="-lgssapi_krb5 $K5LIBS"
+                		          ], [
+                                		AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find -lgssapi_krb5 with gss_krb5_copy_ccache()])
+                            		  ],
+                                	$K5LIBS
+                                ),
 					AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find any suitable gss-api library - build may fail]),
 					$K5LIBS)
 				],