diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b7592b..3d97a8b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPES(sighandler_t, [], [],
    #include <signal.h>])
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(sig_t, [], [],
   [#include <signal.h>])
+AC_CHECK_TYPES(socklen_t, [], [],
+  [#include <sys/types.h>])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getopt_long,
  [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETOPT_LONG, 1, Define to 1 if you have the `getopt_long' function.)],
diff --git a/src/load-fd.c b/src/load-fd.c
index 0deabd9..982bd53 100644
--- a/src/load-fd.c
+++ b/src/load-fd.c
@@ -45,13 +45,19 @@
 #include "load.h"
 #include "fd.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SOCKLEN_T
+#   define SOCKLEN_T socklen_t
+#else
+#   define SOCKLEN_T int
+#endif
+
 /* Library functions that we divert */
 static int     (*open_orig)    (const char *file, int oflag, ...);
 #ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
 static int     (*open64_orig)  (const char *file, int oflag, ...);
 #endif
 static int     (*accept_orig)  (int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr,
-                                socklen_t *addrlen);
+                                SOCKLEN_T *addrlen);
 static int     (*socket_orig)  (int domain, int type, int protocol);
 static ssize_t (*read_orig)    (int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
 static off_t   (*lseek_orig)   (int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ int open64(const char *file, int oflag, ...)
 }
 #endif
 
-int accept(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen)
+int accept(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, SOCKLEN_T *addrlen)
 {
     int ret;