diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f3ff0cb389..34aa134b79 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     getrusage
     inet_aton
     inline_asm
+    isatty
     ldbrx
     libdc1394_1
     libdc1394_2
@@ -2118,6 +2119,7 @@ check_func  fork
 check_func  gethrtime
 check_func  getrusage
 check_func  inet_aton $network_extralibs
+check_func  isatty
 check_func  memalign
 check_func  mkstemp
 check_func  posix_memalign