diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 721ce9b4..17e4de94 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `gettimeofday' function. */
 #undef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `inet_ntoa' function. */
+#undef HAVE_INET_NTOA
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <inttypes.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f13faf84..a2322203 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5321,7 +5321,8 @@ done
 
 
 
-for ac_func in getpagesize gethostbyname gettimeofday memset mkdir rmdir select socket strcasecmp strerror strstr strtol
+
+for ac_func in getpagesize gethostbyname gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkdir rmdir select socket strcasecmp strerror strstr strtol
 do
 as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 76de47e6..5ca06d30 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE
 AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES
 AC_FUNC_STAT
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getpagesize gethostbyname gettimeofday memset mkdir rmdir select socket strcasecmp strerror strstr strtol])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getpagesize gethostbyname gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset mkdir rmdir select socket strcasecmp strerror strstr strtol])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile test/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT