diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index e21e234..4b2046d 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 fi
 if test "$enable_smack" = "yes"; then
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER([attr/xattr.h], true, enable_smack="no")
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/xattr.h], true, enable_smack="no")
 fi
 if test "$enable_smack" = "yes"; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for XATTR_NAME_SMACKEXEC in linux/xattr.h)
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 	, enable_xattr="yes")
 if test "$enable_xattr" = "yes"; then
   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER([attr/xattr.h], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XATTR)])
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/xattr.h], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XATTR)])
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi