diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3f3aae59b..4d1240b5a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(strings.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/param.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/select.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/types.h)
 
 AC_HEADER_ASSERT
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
diff --git a/src/helper/types.h b/src/helper/types.h
index 047f76c2f..71eae2c35 100644
--- a/src/helper/types.h
+++ b/src/helper/types.h
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef u8
 typedef unsigned char u8;
 #endif