diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dd31a076dd..4f7e66fc96 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7993,7 +7993,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "X$STREAM_VFD" = "Xyes"; then
    echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-   for ac_hdr in netinet/tcp.h
+   for ac_hdr in netinet/tcp.h sys/filio.h
 do
 ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 243742e8f2..fd2b87a1da 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(stream-vfd,
 
 if test "X$STREAM_VFD" = "Xyes"; then
    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netinet/tcp.h)
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(netinet/tcp.h, sys/filio.h)
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STREAM)
 
    dnl Check if 'socklen_t' available