diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 063790e4fdc..0908a159a33 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3692,14 +3692,17 @@ fi
 done
 
 
-for ac_header in sys/time.h
+for ac_header in sys/time.h sqlite3.h
 do :
-  ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "sys/time.h" "ac_cv_header_sys_time_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_time_h" = xyes; then :
+  as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_Header"\" = x"yes"; then :
   cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H 1
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_header" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 _ACEOF
 
+else
+  as_fn_error $? "Missing header files" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
 done
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 956cca3a375..fb75814bbbd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dnl Checks for libraries.
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h sqlite3.h, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR(Missing header files)])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for rml includefiles in $rmlhome])
 rmlinc=`find $rmlhome/include -follow -type d -name plain |grep include/plain`