diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 19410ce024..6742860d88 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
 # Checks for header files.
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h inttypes.h limits.h netdb.h poll.h signal.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h syslog.h sys/ioctl.h sys/prctl.h sys/socket.h sys/syscall.h netinet/in.h sys/time.h unistd.h windows.h winsock2.h ws2tcpip.h])
-   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h net/if.h], [], [],
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h net/if.h sys/prctl.h], [], [],
     [[#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
     ]])
 
diff --git a/src/util-coredump-config.c b/src/util-coredump-config.c
index 9d40ecb283..6c4fc4be01 100644
--- a/src/util-coredump-config.c
+++ b/src/util-coredump-config.c
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ int32_t CoredumpLoadConfig (void)
     return 0;
 #endif
 
-#if !defined OS_FREEBSD && !defined __OpenBSD__ && !defined __CYGWIN__ && !defined OS_WIN32
-/* Linux specific core dump configuration; set dumpable flag if needed */
-#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+    /* Linux specific core dump configuration; set dumpable flag if needed */
     int dumpable = 0;
     dumpable = prctl (PR_GET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
     if (dumpable == -1) {