diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89910ad32..8fbdb23f8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sched_setscheduler], [rt])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([shm_open], [rt])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntop], [nsl])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([timer_create], [rt])
 
 # BSD
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([connect], [socket])