diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 83d0ee2..fb1404f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10601,6 +10601,35 @@
 
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for prlimit" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for prlimit... " >&6; }
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+void *x=prlimit
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_PRLIMIT 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+
 # On some systems (eg. FreeBSD 5), we would find a definition of the
 # functions ctermid_r, setgroups in the library, but no prototype
 # (e.g. because we use _XOPEN_SOURCE). See whether we can take their