diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/configure.ac b/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/configure.ac
index 06ddd92e4b..dbea260b34 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/configure.ac
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/configure.ac
@@ -2054,7 +2054,8 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(lstat)
 if test "$ac_cv_func_lstat" = "yes" ; then
     # Do we need to declare lstat?
-    PAC_FUNC_NEEDS_DECL([#include <unistd.h>],lstat)
+    PAC_FUNC_NEEDS_DECL([#include <unistd.h>
+                         #include <sys/stat.h>],lstat)
 fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(readlink)
 if test "$ac_cv_func_readlink" = "yes" ; then