diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b84827c7..37fe47e3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ if test x$TARGET_OS = xdarwin; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip"])
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h byteswap.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h sys/prctl.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h byteswap.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h sys/prctl.h])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([getaddrinfo_a], [anl], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETADDRINFO_A, 1, [Define this symbol if you have getaddrinfo_a])])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_pton], [nsl resolv], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INET_PTON, 1, [Define this symbol if you have inet_pton])])
 
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([strnlen])
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([le16toh, le32toh, le64toh, htole16, htole32, htole64, be16toh, be32toh, be64toh, htobe16, htobe32, htobe64],,,
 		[#if HAVE_ENDIAN_H
                  #include <endian.h>
+                 #elif HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H
+                 #include <sys/endian.h>
                  #endif])
 
 AC_CHECK_DECLS([bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64],,,
diff --git a/src/compat/endian.h b/src/compat/endian.h
index 4d041d655..9fec2a07f 100644
--- a/src/compat/endian.h
+++ b/src/compat/endian.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #if defined(HAVE_ENDIAN_H)
 #include <endian.h>
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_ENDIAN_H)
+#include <sys/endian.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)