diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 754490d7ca..7436f7d818 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket)
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, nsl)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(umem_cache_create, umem)
 
 AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
 AC_C_CONST