diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index fb6aed0..2ff0f90 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@
 dnl Check for functions in one big call, to reduce the size of configure.
 dnl Can only be used for functions that do not require any include.
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bcmp fchdir fchown fsync getcwd getpseudotty \
-	getpwnam getpwuid getrlimit gettimeofday getwd lstat memcmp \
+	getpwent getpwnam getpwuid getrlimit gettimeofday getwd lstat memcmp \
 	memset mkdtemp nanosleep opendir putenv qsort readlink select setenv \
 	setpgid setsid sigaltstack sigstack sigset sigsetjmp sigaction \
 	sigvec strcasecmp strerror strftime stricmp strncasecmp \