diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 612297a7fcb..26c00129ea0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBSOUND)
 dnl checks for header files
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/select.h sys/timeb.h sys/time.h unistd.h utime.h \
   linux/version.h sys/systeminfo.h termios.h limits.h string.h stdlib.h \
-  termcap.h stdio_ext.h fcntl.h term.h strings.h)
+  termcap.h stdio_ext.h fcntl.h term.h strings.h coff.h)
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST