diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5cb2af17c..2abc71550 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ifaddrs.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(jtag_minidriver.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(malloc.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pthread.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdbool.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(strings.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/param.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/select.h)
 
+AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN