diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1976d56769e..2fc5a2592d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([xlocale.h], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_XLOCALE_H"])
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/sysctl.h], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H"])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([strtof], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_STRTOF"])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([mkostemp], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_MKOSTEMP"])
 
 dnl Check to see if dlopen is in default libraries (like Solaris, which
 dnl has it in libc), or if libdl is needed to get it.