diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f9b056d..4732778 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
 	sys/ptrace.h
 	sys/reg.h
 	sys/vfs.h
+	sys/xattr.h
 ]))
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/icmp.h linux/in6.h linux/netlink.h linux/if_packet.h],
                  [], [], [#include <stddef.h>