diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e354e585747..cd43275360b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/select.h sys/timeb.h sys/time.h unistd.h utime.h \
   linux/version.h sys/systeminfo.h termios.h limits.h string.h stdlib.h \
   termcap.h stdio_ext.h fcntl.h strings.h coff.h pty.h sys/mman.h \
   sys/param.h sys/vlimit.h sys/resource.h locale.h sys/_mbstate_t.h \
-  sys/utsname.h)
+  sys/utsname.h pwd.h)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if personality LINUX32 can be set)
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/personality.h>], [personality (PER_LINUX32)],