diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8a424e7cb0..1d0add5aab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -978,7 +978,9 @@ dnl
 if test "$with_linux" = "yes"; then
   if test "$with_qemu" = "yes" || test "$with_lxc" = "yes" ; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/param.h linux/sockios.h linux/if_bridge.h linux/if_tun.h],,
-                     AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install kernel-headers in order to compile libvirt with QEMU or LXC support]))
+      [AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install kernel-headers in order to compile libvirt with QEMU or LXC support])],
+      [[#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+      ]])
   fi
 fi