diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8054b0fab..eef8eb47f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([pow], [m])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sched_setscheduler], [rt])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([shm_open], [rt])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntop], [nsl])
 
 # BSD
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([connect], [socket])