diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c86dac6a65b..c1e39773300 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3742,7 +3742,7 @@ HAVE_NATIVE_COMP=no
 LIBGCCJIT_LIB=
 COMP_OBJ=
 if test "${with_nativecomp}" != "no"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(gccjit, gcc_jit_context_acquire, HAVE_NATIVE_COMP=yes, , -lgccjit)
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER([libgccjit.h], [HAVE_NATIVE_COMP=yes])
   if test "${HAVE_NATIVE_COMP}" = "yes"; then
     LIBGCCJIT_LIB="-lgccjit -ldl"
     if test "${HAVE_MODULES}" = yes; then