diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 895aa8156439d934692b055ed4e252c9c6278dc8..f8cc75ffa456022e4c99c420dfdde4f6371c583b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+y
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([math.h stdlib.h unistd.h string.h rpc/types.h rpc/xdr.h],,
                  [AC_MSG_ERROR([Sorry, these are needed..])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([malloc.h])
 
 #
 # try to pull in some special features (but make sure to supply