diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a43896..d0e106c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ AC_FUNC_FORK
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_STRNLEN
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, bind)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(compat, ftime)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftime memset socket strchr strdup strncasecmp])
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T