diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0da52533c..b22a990de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 
 # POSIX
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h glob.h grp.h netdb.h netinet/in.h \
-    netinet/in_systm.h netinet/tcp.h pwd.h sched.h \
+    netinet/in_systm.h netinet/tcp.h poll.h pwd.h sched.h \
     sys/mman.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/wait.h \
     syslog.h sys/dl.h dlfcn.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([netinet/ip.h], [], [],
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/un.h], [HAVE_AF_UNIX=1], [HAVE_AF_UNIX=0])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_REGEX, test "x$HAVE_REGEX" = "x1")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_AF_UNIX, test "x$HAVE_AF_UNIX" = "x1")
 
-# XPG4-UNIX
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/poll.h])
-
 # Linux
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/input.h], [HAVE_EVDEV=1], [HAVE_EVDEV=0])
 
diff --git a/src/pulse/mainloop.c b/src/pulse/mainloop.c
index bab8eb5c5..ad4e4e97d 100644
--- a/src/pulse/mainloop.c
+++ b/src/pulse/mainloop.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
-#include <sys/poll.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_POLL_H
+#include <poll.h>
 #else
 #include <pulsecore/poll.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.c b/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.c
index 306857053..9dd47ae32 100644
--- a/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.c
+++ b/src/pulse/thread-mainloop.c
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
-#include <sys/poll.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_POLL_H
+#include <poll.h>
 #else
 #include <pulsecore/poll.h>
 #endif