diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 57f67993fd0..f455391be2b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ dnl checks for Unix variants
 AC_AIX
 
 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)
+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)
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST