diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aea157a6..1fcd4f8f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mm_malloc.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(malloc/malloc.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(malloc.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(endian.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(execinfo.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(gmp.h)
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([ntohll],[], [], [[#include <arpa/inet.h>]])
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([be64toh],[], [], [[#include <arpa/inet.h>]])