diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b7eccb71361..fd70d251977 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT(MACHDEP_OBJS)
 
 # checks for library functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm accept4 setitimer getitimer bind_textdomain_codeset chown \
- clock confstr ctermid execv faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
+ clock confstr ctermid dirfd execv faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
  fexecve fdopendir fork fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimesat \
  futimens futimes gai_strerror \
  getgrouplist getgroups getlogin getloadavg getpeername getpgid getpid \
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index accc8938b06..7f7b3c58a86 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
    */
 #undef HAVE_DIRENT_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `dirfd' function. */
+#undef HAVE_DIRFD
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H