diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8759e91..69ea3be 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28763,6 +28763,48 @@
   failed=`expr $failed + 1`
 fi
 
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for TIFFIsBigEndian in -ltiff" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for TIFFIsBigEndian in -ltiff... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian+set}" = set; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-ltiff  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char TIFFIsBigEndian ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return TIFFIsBigEndian ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsBigEndian" = x""yes; then :
+  passed=`expr $passed + 1`
+else
+  failed=`expr $failed + 1`
+fi
+
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for TIFFIsByteSwapped in -ltiff" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for TIFFIsByteSwapped in -ltiff... " >&6; }
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_tiff_TIFFIsByteSwapped+set}" = set; then :