diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b6f68cc688..88c0d7c787 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h string.h signal.h netdb.h ctype.h poll.h sys/stat.h sy
 
 dnl These headers are not essential
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/wait.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/wait.h sys/limits.h netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h)
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday ftime socketpair uname inet_aton strptime)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strlcat strlcpy)