diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c6e30df8bd..20ec264bde 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4859,7 +4859,7 @@ else
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_hdr in linux/prctl.h
+for ac_hdr in sys/prctl.h
 do
 ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6