diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d3f86ce..2b1d9cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h stdint.h getopt.h libc.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h stdint.h getopt.h libc.h malloc.h)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(open64 lseek64 mmap64 fopen64 fseeko _IO_getc getline getdelim __getdelim fgetln __srefill map_fd)
 AC_CHECK_TYPES(sighandler_t, [], [],
   [#define _GNU_SOURCE
diff --git a/src/load-mem.c b/src/load-mem.c
index eb316b8..683f548 100644
--- a/src/load-mem.c
+++ b/src/load-mem.c
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
-#include <malloc.h>
+#if defined HAVE_MALLOC_H
+#   include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #if defined HAVE_LIBC_H